Surgical Treatment for Degenerative Scoliosis

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Status: Completed

Conditions: Scoliosis; Kyphoscoliosis

Treatments: Procedure: Surgical correction of the deformity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01439906

CVOD.SCOLIOSI DEGENERATIVA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to analyze the surgical treatment of low back pain due to degenerative kyphoscoliosis, already routinely performed on patients treated in Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, in terms of reduction of the pain and functional improvement. The comparison of back pain and functional ability before and after the surgical treatment will be performed by administering to the patients specific questionnaires (Visual Analog Score VAS, Oswestry Disability Index ODI, Quality of Life EuroQoL 5D). Questionnaires administration will be matched to a purely objective and radiological assessment according to international guidelines. A psychological analysis will be also performed in order to evaluate co-morbidity from this field, considering that the concept of "shared decision-making" for the therapeutic approach to low back pain requires the evaluation of all these parameters.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female or male
• Age 40-75 years
• Patients capable of understanding and willing
• Lumbar or thoraco-lumbar degenerative kyphoscoliosis
• Chronic low back pain from more than 6 months and/or presence of neurological deficits at lower limbs
• Failure to respond to conservative therapy

Exclusion criteria

• Infections in place
• Coagulation deficits
• Serious psychological comorbidity

Trial design

31 participants in 1 patient group

Adult degenerative scoliosis

Description:

Patients aged 40-75 years affected by lumbar or thoraco-lumbar degenerative kyphoscoliosis presenting chronic low back pain from six months at least and/or neurological deficits who underwent a surgical correction of the deformity

Treatment:

Procedure: Surgical correction of the deformity