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Nerve Composition of Human Lumbar Dorsal Primary Rami and Its Medial Branch

NCT05091112 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2024-12-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to understand the composition of the nerves supplying the facet joints in low back.

Conditions

  • Lumbar Facet Arthrosis
  • Nerve Degeneration

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Spinal surgery

In participants who undergo elective lumbar spinal surgery and consented for research, the medial branch and dorsal rami will be harvested for histological analysis.

OTHER

Histology

The harvested nerves will be fixed, cut into smaller sections. Analysis of macroscopic and light microscopic sections will be carried out

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aberdeen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Saravanakumar Kanakarajan, MD FRCA · NHS Grampian

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-08
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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