BACKGROUND: Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar spine surgery is currently widely accepted. Results are promising with many established clinical trials. However, dermal thermal injury is an elusive complication of endoscopic lumbar spine surgery and is still left unaddressed. OBJECTIVE: To determine the correlations between duration of radiofrequency cautery usage and dermal thermal injury in Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar spine surgery. To evaluate other factors in relation to dermal thermal injury
Conditions
Interventions
Radiofrequency cautery usage in endoscopic spine surgery
Experimental Device
Radiofrequency cautery in endoscopic spine surgery
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.All patients over 18 years of age undergoing biportal percutaneous full endoscopic surgery at lumbar spine by spine specialist 2.Patient was surgery in H.R.H. Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center (MSMC)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with skin abnormalities in the area of surgery 2.Patient had a skin disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Average duration of total using the radiofrequency cautery 14 days Duration in seconds | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The longest usage time of the radiofrequency cautery 14 days duration in seconds | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactRatchanon Yartpakdee
Orthopaedic surgery
Outcome results
None listed