Surgical treatment of degenerative stenotic lesions of the lumbar spine. Own experience of using minimally invasive techniques
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https://doi.org/10.25305/unj.294404Keywords:
lumbar spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, stabilization, minimally invasive stabilizationAbstract
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a multifactorial progressive condition mainly affecting older individuals, characterized by narrowing of the natural anatomical pathways passage of nerve structures, resulting in typical clinical symptoms. The disease affects about 103 million people in worldwide with an incidence of absolute lumbar spinal stenosis 19.4% among individuals aged 60-69 years. In the United States, about 600,000 surgical interventions for lumbar spinal stenosis are performed annually.
This disease is one of the most common causes of lumbar pain and lower limbs in the elderly individuals, accompanied by claudication and ultimately leading to disability. The main cause of clinical symptoms of the lumbar spinal stenosis is the discrepancy between the sizes of nerve structures and their osteofibrous sheaths, resulting from gradually developing degenerative-dystrophic changes.
Objective: To compare the outcomes of surgical treatment of patients with degenerative stenotic lesions of the lumbar spine using open and minimally invasive methods.
Materials and methods. The results of surgical treatment of 97 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis aged from 28 to 81 years on the basis of the Department of Minimally Invasive and Laser Spinal Neurosurgery of the State Institution " A.P. Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Ukraine", " Neurosurgical Department №20 of Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital named after Acad. O.I. Yushchenko" of Vinnytsia Regional Council and "Spinex" Medical Center following all clinical research protocols. Patients were divided into four groups depending on the surgical intervention method.
Results. The development of concepts regarding the mechanisms of occurrence and treatment methods of lumbar spinal stenosis are highlighted, as well as personal experience of using minimally invasive treatment techniques for this pathology in combination with the use of the ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) protocol of perioperative patient management. It was found that the duration of hospital stay for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis statistically significantly desreased when using minimally invasive decompression (p≤0.05) and the ERAS rehabilitation protocol (p≤0.05). When comparing the average length of stay in the hospital of patients of the four groups, a statistically significant (p≤0.05) shorter length of stay in the hospital was observed for patients who underwent minimally invasive decompression using the ERAS rehabilitation protocol. The greatest reduction in pain intensity (according to the Numeric Pain Scale (NPS)) at 6 months post- intervention and rehabilitation was also noted in patients of this group.
Conclusions. The use of minimally invasive techniques, the correct choice of surgical procedure volume (interbody fusion is desirable in surgery for degenerative spinal diseases) combined with Enhanced Recovery after Surgery protocol (ERAS) significantly improves postoperative well-being of patients, accelerates patient mobilization, and reduces the length of stay in the hospital.
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