Patients operated for Total Disc Replacement (TDR)due to degenerative disc disease (DDD) in the lumbar spine.
Conditions
Interventions
Total Disc Replacement (TDR). TDR aims to reduce pain and restore and maintain motion of the spinal segment, thus reducing the risk of adjacent level degeneration that has been reported for fusion tre
Sponsors
Prof. dr. L.W. van Rhijn, Head of the department of Orthoepdic surgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastrich, the Netherlands
Contact
E: wil.van.erk@mumc.nl
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: o All patients who underwent a TDR using a SB Charité III between 1989 and 2000
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: o Deceased without a known TDR revision
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Compare the long term clinical outcome concerning patient’s satisfaction, re-operation rate, disability rate and survival of the TDR to those reported in the literature for spinal fusion. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Significant correlation of IS, AR and/or undersizing AUI with the occurrence of subsidence. Comparing the clinical outcomes as reported in the questionnaires between patients with- or without subsidence. The degree of residual mobility and its possible correlation to the occurrence of ASD for which surgery was warranted. Furthermore to compare the ASD rate to those reported literature for spinal fusion | — |
Contacts
Public ContactM.G.M. Schotanus
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orbis Medisch Centrum dr H vd Hoffplein 1
Outcome results
None listed