Different lumbar fusion techniques for lumbar spinal stenosis: a Bayesian network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To comprehensively compare and assess the effects of different lumbar fusion techniques in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).

Methods

PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched up to December 24, 2022 in this network meta-analysis. Outcomes were pain (pain, low back pain, and leg pain), Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), complications, reoperation, and fusion. Network plots illustrated the direct and indirect comparisons of different fusion techniques for the outcomes. League tables showed the comparisons of any two fusion techniques, based on both direct and indirect evidence. The efficacy of each fusion technique for LSS was ranked by rank probabilities.

Results

SUBMITTER: Li W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10652640 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature