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Developing a simple system to classify spine problems that occur in patients after lumbar fusion surgery, using clinical symptoms and scan findings

A Comprehensive Clinico-radiological Classification System for Lumbar Adjacent Segment Degeneration after TLIF - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/09/094462
Enrollment
150
Registered
2025-09-09
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-15

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: M479- Spondylosis, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Ganesh Kumar
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Underwent one or two level TLIF (from L1-S1) No adjacent segment changes in preoperative MRI or X-ray More than 5 years follow up

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patient who has undergone interbody fusion for infection, neoplasm, and deformity, Patients who underwent un-instrumented fusion No bony union at the index level during follow-up Patients operated for tandem canal stenosis Ongoing psychiatric disease (or under psychiatric care) Infection during follow-up Inflammatory diseases (Spondyloarthropathies)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Demographic details Clinical features radiological featuresTimepoint: All these parameters will be recorded only once at their recent visit to the OPD. Which is at any point in time after 5 years from the date of surgery.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NilTimepoint: Nil

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactGanesh Kumar

Chief of Spine Services

vikas.spinesurgeon@gmail.com9868886228

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026