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Can Minimally Invasive Decompression Surgery Restore Sagittal Balance in a Patient Population With Sagittal Imbalance and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

NCT06075355 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2024-03-12

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Summary

From adulthood onwards, the aging process manifests itself in the spine through loss of disc height and kyphotic deformity. As the general population ages, the prevalence of lumbar degenerative diseases and sagittal imbalance increases. Sagittal balance is a physiological alignment resulting from the effective muscular and ligamentary forces that place patients' heads harmoniously in line with their pelvis. Roussouly first classified this alignment by differentiating four types of balance in an asymptomatic population. He established a link between the varieties of sagittal balance of the spine, the sacral slope and the position of the pelvis in space. He went on to explain sagittal imbalance in the aging population suffering from degenerative diseases.

One of the most common lumbar degenerative diseases is lumbar spinal canal stenosis. Stenosis of the lumbar spinal canal is frequently associated with sagittal imbalance of the spine. Lumbar canal stenosis causes lumbar pain, leg pain, neurogenic intermittent claudication and bladder and rectal disorders. The severity of clinical symptoms increases linearly with progressive sagittal imbalance \[8\]. We represent the sagittal imbalance of the spine by a positive sagittal vertical axis (SVA) presented by patients to reduce the pressure exerted by the yellow ligament, which is hypertrophied in degenerative disease . Many have shown that this forward-flexing posture can be improved by simple decompression, and that this deformity corresponds to an analgesic position and not to a structural deformity. Little is known about the factors that influence alignment after lumbar canal decompression and short segment fusion.

This study therefore aims to elucidate some of the clinical and radiological factors likely to affect postoperative sagittal balance in patients undergoing simple minimally invasive decompression surgery and short segment fusion (1 or 2 levels).

Conditions

  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-30
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2025-03-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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