Evaluation of endoscopic dorsal ramus rhizotomy in managing facetogenic chronic low back pain

Highlights • Lower VAS scores of pain was achieved after surgery. • Better outcome with respect to percentage of pain relief was obtained after surgery. • Higher MacNab scores of 1 year follow-up was achieved after surgery. • Four newly identified anatomical variations of medial branch anatomy were...

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Published in:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2014-11, Vol.126, p.11-17
Main Authors: Li, Zhen-Zhou, Hou, Shu-Xun, Shang, Wei-Lin, Song, Ke-Ran, Wu, Wen-Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Back pain
Chronic low back pain
Chronic Pain - etiology
Chronic Pain - surgery
Endoscope
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Joint surgery
Low Back Pain - etiology
Low Back Pain - surgery
Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery
Lumbar zygapophysial joint
Male
Medial branch neurotomy
Middle Aged
Neuroendoscopy - methods
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Pain Measurement
Patients
Rhizotomy
Rhizotomy - methods
Spinal Nerve Roots - surgery
Standard deviation
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
Zygapophyseal Joint - pathology
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Summary:Highlights • Lower VAS scores of pain was achieved after surgery. • Better outcome with respect to percentage of pain relief was obtained after surgery. • Higher MacNab scores of 1 year follow-up was achieved after surgery. • Four newly identified anatomical variations of medial branch anatomy were reported.
ISSN:0303-8467
1872-6968
DOI:10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.08.014