Experience with the second-generation Wallis interspinous dynamic stabilization device implanted in degenerative lumbar disease: a case series of 50 patients

• Published in: Turkish neurosurgery Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 713 - 719
• Main Authors: Pan, Bing, Zhang, Zhi-Jing, Lu, Yi-Sheng, Xu, Wen-Gen, Fu, Chu-Di
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkey 2014
• Subjects: Adult; Equipment Design; Female; Humans; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - diagnostic imaging; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - surgery; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Prostheses and Implants; Radiography; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Fusion - instrumentation; Spinal Fusion - methods; Spinal Stenosis - diagnostic imaging; Spinal Stenosis - surgery; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 1019-5149
• DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.9465-13.0

This study aimed to evaluate the short- to medium-term outcomes of the second-generation Wallis interspinous dynamic stabilization device for treatment of lumbar degenerative disease. Fifty patients with lumbar degenerative disease treated from August 2007 to September 2009 were included in this retrospective study. The Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) score and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were used for therapeutic efficacy evaluation. Odom's criteria were used to evaluate postoperative outcome with regard to symptoms. Anteroposterior X-rays were obtained after surgery. All patients were followed up for 2 years. Based on Odom's criteria, 22, 24 and 4 patients had excellent, good, and fair results respectively. The JOA score at 3, 12, and 24 months after surgery was significantly higher than before surgery (all p < 0.001), and the ODI score at 3, 12, and 24 months after surgery was significantly lower than before surgery (all p < 0.001). The posterior intervertebral disc height and the neural foramina height at 12 and 24 months after surgery was significantly higher than before surgery (both p < 0.001). Implantation of the second-generation Wallis interspinous dynamic stabilization device produced satisfactory clinical outcome at short- and medium-term follow-up in patients with lumbar degenerative disease.