Zweig, Thomas; Aghayev, Emin; Melloh, Markus; Dietrich, Daniel; Röder, Christoph; SWISSspine, Registry Group (2012). Influence of preoperative leg pain and radiculopathy on outcomes in mono-segmental lumbar total disc replacement: results from a nationwide registry. European spine journal, 21(Suppl 6), S729-S736. Berlin: Springer 10.1007/s00586-011-1863-x
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Currently, many pre-conditions are regarded as relative or absolute contraindications for lumbar total disc replacement (TDR). Radiculopathy is one among them. In Switzerland it is left to the surgeon's discretion when to operate if he adheres to a list of pre-defined indications. Contraindications, however, are less clearly specified. We hypothesized that, the extent of pre-operative radiculopathy results in different benefits for patients treated with mono-segmental lumbar TDR. We used patient perceived leg pain and its correlation with physician recorded radiculopathy for creating the patient groups to be compared.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute for Evaluative Research into Orthopaedic Surgery |
UniBE Contributor: |
Zweig, Thomas, Aghayev, Emin, Melloh, Markus, Dietrich, Daniel J., Röder, Christoph |
ISSN: |
0940-6719 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:36 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:11 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s00586-011-1863-x |
PubMed ID: |
21660458 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.14525 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/14525 (FactScience: 221565) |
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