Prospective Study of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Prospective Study of Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Surgery for the Treatment of Spondylolisthesis, Degenerative Disk Disease, Spinal Stenosis and Degenerative Scoliosis

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01045473

Enrollment

450

Registered

2010-01-11

Start date

2010-01-31

Completion date

2012-06-30

Last updated

2010-01-11

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Conditions

Degenerative Disk Disease, Degenerative Scoliosis, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis

Keywords

MIS, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Fusion, Spine, SMISS

Brief summary

The population of the US is aging. They remain more active and place greater demands on their musculoskeletal system. A key problem is that pain and disability of age related spinal disorders will increase. Problems such as Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis, Degenerative Disk Disease, Spinal Stenosis and Degenerative Scoliosis are age related problems that are treated with spinal fusion when non-operative treatment fails. Traditional open surgery poses significant risk for patients in this age group. The use of minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques provides an opportunity to treat these patients with less morbidity than traditional open surgery.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

21 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient age 21 - 90 years. * Diagnosis of Spondylolisthesis, degenerative disk disease, and degenerative scoliosis (any curve magnitude). * A spinal fusion is being undertaken via the minimally invasive approach. * The patient agrees to follow-up for routine care for at least 2 years post-operatively.

Exclusion criteria

* Inability for post-operative follow-up

Outcome results