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To calculate and compare standard effect sizes for functional disability and pain relief across endoscopic decompression, microdiscectomy, and open laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis.

April 1, 2022The International Journal of Spine SurgeryOpen Access

Differential Agnostic Effect Size Analysis of Lumbar Stenosis Surgeries

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KLKai‐Uwe Lewandrowski IAIvo Abraham JLJorge Felipe Ramírez León

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Meta-analysis reveals equivalent functional and pain outcomes across endoscopic and open surgeries for lumbar stenosis, suggesting minimally invasive techniques match traditional approaches.

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To calculate and compare standard effect sizes for functional disability and pain relief across endoscopic decompression, microdiscectomy, and open laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis.
Systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central databases from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2019.
Identified 89 eligible prospective and retrospective studies encompassing 23,290 patient samples.
Calculated effect sizes for the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for back and leg pain across surgical techniques.
Spinal endoscopy yielded an overall ODI effect size of 0.92 across 81 studies (n=12,710), compared to 0.90 for microdiscectomy across 16 studies (n=2,895) and 0.93 for open laminectomy across 5 studies (n=1,188).
Corresponding VAS leg pain effect sizes were 0.92 for spinal endoscopy across 81 studies (n=12,631), 0.92 for microdiscectomy across 15 studies (n=2,348), and 0.89 for open laminectomy across 5 studies (n=1,188).

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Lewandrowski et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7134f835aa2c282ce283b1 https://doi.org/10.14444/8222

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April 1, 2022The International Journal of Spine SurgeryOpen Access

Differential Agnostic Effect Size Analysis of Lumbar Stenosis Surgeries

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Authors

KLKai‐Uwe Lewandrowski IAIvo Abraham JLJorge Felipe Ramírez León

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Overview

Meta-analysis reveals equivalent functional and pain outcomes across endoscopic and open surgeries for lumbar stenosis, suggesting minimally invasive techniques match traditional approaches.

Key Points

To calculate and compare standard effect sizes for functional disability and pain relief across endoscopic decompression, microdiscectomy, and open laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis.
Systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central databases from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2019.
Identified 89 eligible prospective and retrospective studies encompassing 23,290 patient samples.
Calculated effect sizes for the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for back and leg pain across surgical techniques.
Spinal endoscopy yielded an overall ODI effect size of 0.92 across 81 studies (n=12,710), compared to 0.90 for microdiscectomy across 16 studies (n=2,895) and 0.93 for open laminectomy across 5 studies (n=1,188).
Corresponding VAS leg pain effect sizes were 0.92 for spinal endoscopy across 81 studies (n=12,631), 0.92 for microdiscectomy across 15 studies (n=2,348), and 0.89 for open laminectomy across 5 studies (n=1,188).

Cite This Study

Lewandrowski et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7134f835aa2c282ce283b1 https://doi.org/10.14444/8222

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