Coflex device for lumbar disc surgery: Avoid the last step: Lumbar instability

• Autores: Ignacio Arrotegui
• Localización: Revista española de investigaciones quirúrgicas, ISSN 1139-8264, Vol. 13, Nº. 1, 2010, págs. 7-11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • INTRODUCTION. The authors conducted a prospective study in patients with disc herniation. we compared the results obtained in patients treated with the U device with those acquired in patients treated Without any device The u implant is a titanium alloy device that is placed between the spinous processes METHOD. In a cohort of 494 patients with degenerative Lumbar Disc 247 underwent surgical treatment in which the U device was placed and 247 control individuals were treated with discectomy alone. Patients underwent serial follow-up evaluations.

    and radiographic assessment was used to determine outcome. Up to five years follow-up data were obtained in all patients. (2003-2005) RESULTS STATISTICALLY significant improvement was seeing patients treated with the coflex device. In the management of lumbar disc degeneration, to avoid lumbar instability in the future85 % vs 70%.( p<0.01 ) CONCLUSIONS. Our study shows that the coflex device was more effective than the discectomy group in the management of lumbar instability.