Short-term and long-term revision rates after lumbar spine discectomy versus laminectomy: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine were managed with discectomy or laminectomy. This study aimed to compare these two surgical treatments in the postoperative revision rates.

Design

A population-based cohort study from analysis of a healthcare database.

Setting

Data were gathered from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD).

Participants

We enrolled 16 048 patients (4450 women and 11 598 men) with a mean age of 40.34 years who underwent lumbar discectomy or laminectomy for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2007. All patients were followed up for 5 years or until death.

Results

Revision rate within 3 months of the index surgery was significantly higher in patients who underwent discect

SUBMITTER: Kao FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6059274 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature