Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Using Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Instrumentation Can Provide a Better Health-Related QOL in Early Stage Than Conventional Methods in the Treatment of Single-Level Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Diseases

• Published in: Clinical interventions in aging Vol. 18; pp. 131 - 139
• Main Authors: Iwabuchi, Masumi, Tominaga, Ryoji, Komatsu, Jun, Shirado, Osamu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Aged; Aged patients; Back pain; Back surgery; Care and treatment; Causes of; Complications and side effects; ct-based navigation system; Degenerative disc disease; Female; Health aspects; health-related qol; Hernia; Humans; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - surgery; Intervertebral disk; Intervertebral disk displacement; Low back pain; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Male; Methods; minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; Navigation systems; Normal distribution; Older people; Original Research; Pain - etiology; Patient outcomes; Pedicle Screws; percutaneous pedicle screwing; posterior lumbar interbody fusion; posterolateral fusion; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Retrospective Studies; Spinal fusion; Spinal Fusion - adverse effects; surgical outcome; Surgical outcomes; Tomography; transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; Treatment Outcome; Japan; minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery; surgical outcome; transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; health-related QOL; CT-based navigation system; posterolateral fusion; percutaneous pedicle screwing; posterior lumbar interbody fusion

To investigate whether the minimally invasive spinal fusion can provide the better outcome than conventional fusion surgery in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal diseases. One hundred and thirteen patients who had undergone single-level fusion surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal diseases...