Sagittal spinal imbalance may be caused by orthopedic problems, compression of the neural structures of the spinal canal, and pain syndrome (functional imbalance). Sagittal imbalance in combination with appropriate clinical symptoms may require surgical correction of the spine with fixation. However, in some cases, patients experience spontaneous correction of sagittal balance after isolated decompression without any correction or fusion. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify whether isolated decompression may cause spontaneous correction of sagittal imbalance in patients with degenerative lumbar stenosis.
1. Age 45 and over;
2. Radicular leg pain and/or neurogenic claudication with/without back pain, caused by single- or multi-level degenerative lumbar stenosis with/without spodylolisthesis, confirmed by MRI;
3. Planned isolated decompression of the spinal canal without implantation of any devices;
4. Symptoms persisting for at least 3 months prior to surgery;
1. Performed intraoperative discotomy;
2. Performed intraoperative iatrogenic instability of the lumbar segment (facetectomy, foraminotomy, etc.)
N.N. Priorov National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics
Lead sponsor
Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute
Collaborator
Pirogov National Medical Surgical Center
Collaborator