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Irrigation Endoscopic Decompressive Laminotomy

NCT01991912 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2014-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The classic laminectomy for surgical treatment of spinal stenosis has considerable morbidity .This is further magnified by the disease being more common in elderly with associated medical comorbidities and being usually global involving multiple levels.The purpose of this study is to present and to evaluate a new endoscopic technique named Irrigation Endoscopic Decompressive Laminotomy (IEDL) for lumbar spinal canal decompression.

Conditions

  • Lumbosacral Spinal Stenosis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

open lumbar decompression

A posterior midline incision is performed over the affected levels. Bilateral subperiosteal dissection of the paraspinal muscles is performed. Bilateral hemilaminotomies, foraminotomies and lateral recess decompression is performed followed by wound closure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • hesham m soliman, MD · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-11-30

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