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01.09.2005 | Original Article
Spinal stenosis re-operation rate in Sweden is 11% at 10 years—A national analysis of 9,664 operations
verfasst von:
Karl-Åke Jansson, Gunnar Németh, F Granath, P Blomqvist
Erschienen in:
European Spine Journal
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Ausgabe 7/2005
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Abstract
Re-operation rates in spinal stenosis surgery vary between 5 and 23%. Most previous studies have been based on selected patients groups. We analysed the 10-year lumbar spinal stenosis re-operation rate from comprehensive Swedish national data during 1987–1999. The mean length of stay decreased from 2 weeks in 1987 to 1 week in 1999. Of 9,664 patients, 628 (6.5%) were re-operated. Within 30 days after the first spinal stenosis operation, 0.15% of the parients were re-operated. The 1-, 2-, 5-, and 10-year re-operation rates were 2, 5, 8 and 11%, respectively. The rate lowered by 31% over time. Adding a fusion may lower the re-operation risk, an observation which can only be evaluated in randomised trial.