Actively Recruiting
Vertebropexy - Randomized-controlled Trial
Led by Balgrist University Hospital · Updated on 2025-02-13
164
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
202 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
To assess the need for additional fusion surgery versus the risk of a revision surgery in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal disease and to assess efficacy and risk of the ligamentous fixation technique (vertebropexy)
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Vertebropexy - Randomized-controlled Trial
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 218 years
- Need for single-level or two-level lumbar surgery
- Indication for decompression surgery with spinal canal stenosis and stable degenerative listhesis (no facet joint effusion 22 mm)
- Indication for fusion surgery with spinal canal stenosis and unstable degenerative listhesis (facet joint effusion 2 mm), foraminal stenosis with degenerative listhesis, or disc segment degeneration
- Ability to understand German language
You will not qualify if you...
- Indication for decompression or fusion surgery only for disc herniation, fractures, lytic listhesis, or tumor
- Undergoing revision surgery for infection
- Undergoing revision surgery on the same level with removed bony structures (e.g., prior laminectomy or midline decompression)
- Undergoing revision surgery after prior fusion surgery
- Inability to understand the study due to language or cognitive reasons
- Expected clinical follow-up less than 6 weeks after inclusion
- Participating in other clinical trials
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Balgrist University Hospital
Zurich, Switzerland, 8008
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Mazda Farshad, MD
CONTACT
S
Sabrina Catanzaro, RN
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
4
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