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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2005;38(2): 107-110.
Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Geriatric Population: Is It Risky?.
Dong Won Kim, Sung Bum Kim, Young Soo Kim, Yong Ko, Seong Hoon Oh, Suck Jun Oh
Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sungbumi7@hmc.hanyang.ac.kr
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OBJECTIVE
Lumbar spinal stenosis is increasingly recognized as a common cause of low back pain in elderly patients. Conservative treatment has been initially applied to elderly patients, however, surgical treatment is sometimes indispensable to relieve severe pain. We retrospectively examine the age-related effects on the surgical risk, and results following general anesthesia and operative procedure in geriatric patients for two different age groups of at least 65years old. METHODS: Consecutive 51patients (> or = 65years), who underwent open surgical procedure for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis, were selected in the study. Patients were divided into two groups. Group A included all patients who were between 65 and 69years of age at the time of surgery. Group B included all patients who were at least 70years of age at the time of surgery. We reviewed medical history including preoperative American Society of Anesthesiologists(ASA) classification of physical status, anesthetic risk factor, operative time, estimated blood loss, transfusion requirements, hospital stay, operated level, and clinical outcome to look for comparisons between two age groups (65~69 and over 70years). RESULTS: In preoperative evaulation, mean anesthetic risk factor of patients was numerically similar between the groups. The American Society of Anesthesiologists classification of physical status was similar between two groups. There was no difference in operated level, operative time, estimated blood loss, hospital stay, and anesthetic risk factor between the two groups. The clinical successful outcome showed 82.7% for Group A and 81.8% for group B. The overall postoperative complication rates were similar for both group A and B. CONCLUSION: We conclude that advanced age per se, did not increase the associated morbidity and mortality in surgical decompression for spinal stenosis.
Key Words: Lumbar; Spinal stenosis; Geriatric population; Operative risk
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