About this trial
The hypothesis of our study is that SPECT/CT bone scan fixation quantified by SUVMAX on a CZT solid state camera preoperatively would identify good responders to lumbar arthrodesis surgery.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Persons with back pain for at least 3 months (presumed to be due to degenerative disc disease or spondylolisthesis).
Age ≥ 18 years, having read and understood the information document.
Affiliated to a social security scheme.
Lumbar arthrodesis involving a maximum of 2 floors.
Disqualifiers
Low back pain of neuropathic origin. The Neuropathic Pain Scale 4 questionnaire is used to diagnose neuropathic pain (score is ≥ 4/10)
History of lumbar spine surgery
Presence of other pathologies responsible for lumbar pain (multistage discopathies, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylodiscitis, rheumatoid arthritis, vertebral compression, vertebral metastasis, narrow lumbar canal, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis by isthmic lysis)
Pregnant women or women of childbearing age without suitable contraception or nursing mothers.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Bone scan