Minimum four-year follow-up of spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis treated with decompression and dynamic stabilization

Spine
Stefan SchaerenBernhard Jeanneret

Abstract

Prospective clinical study. To test whether posterior dynamic stabilization in situ with Dynesys (Zimmer Spine, Minneapolis, MN) can maintain enough stability to prevent progression of spondylolisthesis in long-term follow-up. In spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis, decompression and fusion are widely recommended. However, drawbacks of fusion remain length of surgery, blood loss, possible adjacent segment disease, errant instrumentation, nonunion, and pain at the bone donor site. The Dynesys system was introduced to stabilize the spine without adding bone graft for fusion. Excellent 2 years results have been reported. Twenty-six consecutive patients (mean age, 71 years) with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis underwent interlaminar decompression and stabilization with Dynesys. Patients were evaluated clinically and radiologically after a minimum follow-up of 4 years. Nineteen of 26 patients could be evaluated with a mean follow-up of 52 months (range, 48-57 months). Pain on VAS and walking distance improved significantly (P < 0.001) at 2 years and remained unchanged at 4 years follow-up. Radiographically, spondylolisthesis did not progress and the motion segments remained stabl...Continue Reading

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