Hybrid surgery with PEEK rods for lumbar degenerative diseases: a 2-year follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Finite element analyses and biomechanical tests have shown that PEEK rods promote fusion and prevent adjacent segment degeneration. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects and complications of hybrid surgery with PEEK rods in lumbar degenerative diseases.

Methods

From January 2015-December 2017, 28 patients who underwent lumbar posterior hybrid surgery with PEEK rods were included in the study. The patients were diagnosed with lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, or degenerative grade I spondylolisthesis. Before the operation and at the last follow-up, the patients completed lumbar anteroposterior and lateral X-ray, dynamic X-ray, MRI examinations. In addition, at the last follow-up the patients also completed lumbar CT examinations. The r

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8725535 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature