[Nucleoplasty for patients with discogenic back pain]
Pichon Riviere A, Augustovski F, Garcia Marti S, Glujovsky D, Lopez A, Rey-Ares L, Bardach A, Regueiro A, Alcaraz A, Valanzasca P, Elorriaga N, Romano M, Rojas J
Record ID 32011000958
Spanish
Authors' objectives:
This document evaluates the usefulness of nucleoplasty in patients with lumbar discopathy.
Authors' recommendations:
The evidence found on nucleoplasty is of poor methodological quality. There was only one RCT in patients with cervical discogenic pain. The remaining studies are observational, and therefore valid conclusions that may be drawn are scarce.One study comparing nucleoplasty with microdiscectomy in patients with disc excursion showed that in the mid-term follow up, the results in terms of pain relief were worse than with nucleoplasty.Although this technology might be used in some cases and it has the benefit of being minimally invasive, more comparative studies are required comparing it against conventional surgery and other minimally invasive alternatives to be able to draw definitive conclusions.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.iecs.org.ar/iecs-visor-publicacion.php?cod_publicacion=1259&origen_publicacion=publicaciones
Year Published:
2011
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Argentina
MeSH Terms
- Back Pain
- Decompression, Surgical
Contact
Organisation Name:
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy
Contact Address:
Dr. Emilio Ravignani 2024, Buenos Aires - Argentina, C1414 CABA
Contact Name:
info@iecs.org.ar
Contact Email:
info@iecs.org.ar
Copyright:
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS)
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