scholarly journals The Effect of Body Mass Index Underwent Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery on the Problems Experienced by Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-407
Author(s):  
Arzu TAT ÇATAL ◽  
Fatma CEBECİ
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. s-0034-1376593-s-0034-1376593
Author(s):  
D. Samartzis ◽  
J. Karppinen ◽  
K. DK Luk ◽  
K. MC Cheung

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1275-1280
Author(s):  
Melda Yelmaiza ◽  
Restu Susanti ◽  
Syarif Indra

Background. Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a disorder that involves rupture of the annulus fibrosus so that the nucleus pulposus protrudes and compresses the lumbar canal. LDH is the most common cause of lumbar radiculopathy. LDH causes functional disorders in patients, causing disability to carry out daily activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the risk factors that influence the degree of disability in lumbar nucleus pulposus herniation. Methods. Analytical research with a consecutive cross-sectional study approach in patients with lumbar LDH at the Neurology Outpatient Clinic, Dr. M. Djamil General Hospital Padang from March to November 2021. The risk factors assessed were age, gender, occupation, length of illness, and body mass index (BMI). The measurement of the degree of disability uses the Oswestry disability index (ODI) score. The relationship between risk factors and the degree of disability was analyzed using chi-square test. Differences in the mean age of groups with mild and moderate degrees of disability using unpaired t-test. Results. 40 subjects met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Mean age 57 ± 10,976 years, male and female ratio 1:2, work with heavy lifting activities was found in 70% of subjects, duration of suffering from LDH more than one year in 60% of subjects. BMI overweight and obesity as many as 77.5% subjects. As many as 60% of the subjects experienced mild to moderate degrees of disability. There is a difference in the average age of the subjects with mild to moderate degree of disability with a severe degree of p-value of 0.044. There was no significant relationship between gender (p=0.054), occupation (p=0.398), length of illness (p=0.503) and body mass index (p=0.757), and the degree of disability. Conclusion. The degree of disability in patients with LDH is influenced by age. Meanwhile, gender, occupation, length of illness and body mass index were not significantly related to the degree of disability in patients.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 486-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Fotakopoulos ◽  
Demosthenes Makris ◽  
Polikceni Kotlia ◽  
Christos Tzerefos ◽  
Kostas Fountas

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 680-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Moliterno ◽  
Jared Knopman ◽  
Karishma Parikh ◽  
Jessica N. Cohan ◽  
Q. Daisy Huang ◽  
...  

Object The use of minimally invasive surgical techniques, including microscope-assisted tubular lumbar microdiscectomy (tLMD), has gained increasing popularity in treating lumbar disc herniations (LDHs). This particular procedure has been shown to be both cost-efficient and effective, resulting in outcomes comparable to those of open surgical procedures. Lumbar disc herniation recurrence necessitating reoperation, however, remains an issue following spinal surgery, with an overall reported incidence of approximately 3–13%. The authors' aim in the present study was to report their experience using tLMD for single-level LDH, hoping to provide further insight into the rate of surgical recurrence and to identify potential risk factors leading to this complication. Methods The authors retrospectively reviewed the cases of 217 patients who underwent tLMD for single-level LDH performed identically by 2 surgeons (J.B., R.H.) between 2004 and 2008. Evaluation for LDH recurrence included detailed medical chart review and telephone interview. Recurrent LDH was defined as the return of preoperative signs and symptoms after an interval of postoperative resolution, in conjunction with radiographic demonstration of ipsilateral disc herniation at the same level and pathological confirmation of disc material. A cohort of patients without recurrence was used for comparison to identify possible risk factors for recurrent LDH. Results Of the 147 patients for whom the authors were able to definitively assess symptomatic recurrence status, 14 patients (9.5%) experienced LDH recurrence following single-level tLMD. The most common level involved was L5–S1 (42.9%) and the mean length of time to recurrence was 12 weeks (range 1.5–52 weeks). Sixty-four percent of the patients were male. In a comparison with patients without recurrence, the authors found that relatively lower body mass index was significantly associated with recurrence (p = 0.005), such that LDH in nonobese patients was more likely to recur. Conclusions Recurrence rates following tLMD for LDH compare favorably with those in patients who have undergone open discectomy, lending further support for its effectiveness in treating single-level LDH. Nonobese patients with a relatively lower body mass index, in particular, appear to be at greater risk for recurrence.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Mladen E. Ovcharov ◽  
Iliya V. Valkov ◽  
Milan N. Mladenovski ◽  
Nikolay V. Vasilev

Summary Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is the most common pathology in young people, as well as people of active age. Despite sophisticated and new minimally invasive surgical techniques and approaches, reoperations for recurrent lumbar disc herniation (rLDH) could not be avoided. LDH recurrence rates, reported in different studies, range from 5 to 25%. The purpose of this study was to estimate the recurrence rates of LDH after standard discectomy (SD) and microdiscectomy (MD), and compare them to those reported in the literature. Retrospectively, operative reports for the period 2012-2017 were reviewed on LDH surgeries performed at the Neurosurgery Clinic of Dr Georgi Stranski University Hospital in Pleven. Five hundred eighty-nine single-level lumbar discectomies were performed by one neurosurgeon. The diagnoses of recurrent disc herniation were based on the development of new symptoms and magnetic resonance/computed tomography (MRI/CT) images showing compatible lesions in the same lumbar level as the primary lumbar discectomies. The recurrence rate was determined by using chi-square tests and directional measures. SD was the most common procedure (498 patients) followed by MD (91 patients). The cumulative reoperation rate for rLDH was 7.5%. From a total number of reoperations, 26 were males (59.1%) and 18 were females (40.9%). Reoperation rates were 7.6% and 6.6% after SD and MD respectively. The recurrence rate was not significantly higher for SD. Our recurrence rate was 7.5%, which makes it comparable with the rates of 5-25% reported in the literature.


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