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Hindi Research Article, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 4 Issue: 2
Effectiveness of Manual and Radiofrequency Assisted Posterolateral Microtubular Decompressive Nucleotomy (Disc-Fx) in Patients with Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain
| Shamov AT1*, Rousseff RT2, Ivanov I3, Al-Hadjiu W1 and Eftimov T3 | |
| 1Consultant Neurosurgeon, Armed forces hospital “Jaber Al Ahmed”, city, Kuwait | |
| 2Department of clinical neurophysiology, Ibn Sina hospital-city, Kuwait | |
| 3Department of Neurosurgery Military Medical Academy-Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Corresponding author : Todor Shamov Consultant Neurosurgeon, Armed forces hospital “Jaber Al Ahmed”, city, Kuwait Tel: +965 658 98 192, +359 898 667 552 E-mail: shamov@abv.bg |
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| Received: November 03, 2014 Accepted: December 19, 2014 Published: December 24, 2014 | |
| Citation: Shamov A, Rousseff RT, Ivanov I, Al-Hadjiu W, Eftimov T, et al. (2014) Effectiveness of Manual and Radiofrequency - Assisted Posterolateral Microtubular Decompressive Nucleotomy (Disc-Fx) in Patients with Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain. J Spine Neurosurg 4:2 doi:10.4172/2325-9701.1000181 |
Abstract
Effectiveness of Manual and Radiofrequency – Assisted Posterolateral Microtubular Decompressive Nucleotomy (Disc-Fx) in Patients with Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of manual and radiofrequencyassisted posterolateral Microtubular decompressive nucleotomy (Disc-FX) in patients with chronic discogenic low back pain (CDLBP).
Material and Methods: Fifty-eight patients diagnosed with CDLBP were divided into two groups: twenty-eight patients were operated by Disc- FX and thirty patients (control group) were treated conservatively. The pain- determined disability in both groups was assessed over 6 months by Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire (OLBPDQ).
Results: Statistically significant differences between the two patient groups were observed on the first week after the intervention (31.2 SD ± 8.8 versus 37.7 SD ± 14.8, p=0.049), on the first month (24.2 SD ± 6.4 versus 31.6 SD ± 11.1, Ñ?=0.003) and on the third month (12.2 SD ± 5.7 versus 17.4 SD ± 9.2, Ñ?=0.013). There was not statistically significant difference between the two groups on the sixth month.
Conclusion: Our study confirms the short-term effectiveness of Disc-Fx procedure in patients with chronic low back pain. Further studies on its longterm results seem appropriate.
