Postoperative computed tomography three months after lumbar disc surgery. A prospective single-blind study
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Postoperative computed tomography three months after lumbar disc surgery. A prospective single-blind study. / Jensen, T T; Overgaard, S; Thomsen, N O; Kramp, S; Petersen, O F; Hansen, J H.
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T1 - Postoperative computed tomography three months after lumbar disc surgery. A prospective single-blind study
AU - Jensen, T T
AU - Overgaard, S
AU - Thomsen, N O
AU - Kramp, S
AU - Petersen, O F
AU - Hansen, J H
PY - 1991/6
Y1 - 1991/6
N2 - In a prospective single-blind study, 60 patients surgically treated for lumbar disc herniation underwent clinical examination and computed tomography preoperatively and 3 months after surgery. At follow-up (58 patients; median, 31 months; range, 21-37 months), 29 patients had an excellent outcome (51%), 20 improved (33%), and 9 were unchanged or worse (16%). Dural or radicular scar tissue was present by computed tomography in 88% of the patients, but the findings could not be correlated with the clinical outcome. Recurrent or persistent disc herniation was found in 9% of the patients. The clinical outcome of patients with abnormal computed tomography did not differ significantly from patients without this finding. A relation between facet joint degeneration and less successful clinical outcome was demonstrated. Computed tomography (without contrast) 3 months after surgery gave little information which could be correlated with the clinical outcome. Patients with an excellent outcome had all degrees of intraspinal scar tissue.
AB - In a prospective single-blind study, 60 patients surgically treated for lumbar disc herniation underwent clinical examination and computed tomography preoperatively and 3 months after surgery. At follow-up (58 patients; median, 31 months; range, 21-37 months), 29 patients had an excellent outcome (51%), 20 improved (33%), and 9 were unchanged or worse (16%). Dural or radicular scar tissue was present by computed tomography in 88% of the patients, but the findings could not be correlated with the clinical outcome. Recurrent or persistent disc herniation was found in 9% of the patients. The clinical outcome of patients with abnormal computed tomography did not differ significantly from patients without this finding. A relation between facet joint degeneration and less successful clinical outcome was demonstrated. Computed tomography (without contrast) 3 months after surgery gave little information which could be correlated with the clinical outcome. Patients with an excellent outcome had all degrees of intraspinal scar tissue.
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 1862400
VL - 16
SP - 620
EP - 622
JO - Spine
JF - Spine
SN - 0362-2436
IS - 6
ER -
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