Percutaneous Rupture of Zygapophyseal Joint Cysts

Ullevaal University Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Zygapophyseal Synovial Joint Cyst

Treatments: Procedure: Percutaneous zygapophyseal cyst rupture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00837070

264-07111a 2007.345

Details and patient eligibility

About

Lumbar zygapophyseal joint cysts can cause lower extremity radiculopathy. These cysts can be cured by a minimally invasive technique: percutaneous cyst distention and rupture

Full description

Lumbar zygapophyseal joint cysts can cause lower extremity radiculopathy. These cysts can be cured by a minimally invasive technique: percutaneous cyst distention and rupture.

30 patient with lower extremity radiculopathy caused by lumbar zygapophyseal joint cysts will be included in the study.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with lumbar zygapophyseal joint cyst and compression of a spinal nerve root with lower extremity radiculopathy proven by MRI.

Exclusion criteria

• Infection, uncontrollable bleeding disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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26 participants in 1 patient group

1

Experimental group

Description:

Percutaneous zygapophyseal cyst rupture

Treatment:

Procedure: Percutaneous zygapophyseal cyst rupture