Dr Vishnu Vikraman Nair1*, Dr Sarabjeet Kohli2, Nilesh Vishwakarma2, Abhishek Kulkarni3 and Nikil dewnany4
1Fellow In Spine Surgery, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Maharashtra, India
2Professor - MGM hospital and medical college, Navi Mumbai
3Senior resident - MGM hospital and medical college, Navi Mumbai
4MBBS Student - K J Somaiya medical college, Mumbai
*Corresponding Author: Dr Vishnu Vikraman Nair, Consultant Spine Surgeon Director - Nair Spine & Knee Clinic, Mumbai.
Received: July 19, 2024; Published: September 20, 2024
Objectives: Undertaking a study which helps to understand the progression and difficulty associated with Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PETLD).
Methods: The clinical data of 90 patients with single level Lumbar disc prolapse, operated by PETLD by one surgeon with minimum of 1 year follow up data in a Tertiary health care center was retrospectively analyzed. The patients will be divided into 2 groups: Group A – Early operated ( < 45) and Group B – Late operated ( > 45) and their results will be compared by using Surgical time, complications, reoperation rates, Visual analogue score (VAS) and Oswestry disability index (ODI) scores.
Results: The average operational time for Group A was 115.16 ± 11.73 minutes, whereas for Group B it was 112.62 ± 10.72 minutes (p-value > 0.05). The mean duration of hospital stay for Group A was 4 ± 0.81 days, but for Group B it was 3.6 ± 0.78 days (p-value > 0.05). Among the 45 patients in the Early operated group the complication rates were a total of 26.6%. In contrast, the late operated Group B did not exhibit many complications and only had a 2% complication rate. The average postoperative Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score was 32.11 ± 11.79 in Group A and 27.44 ± 7.43 in Group B, respectively (p-value < 0.05). Similar trends were observed in the comparison of ODI scores at the 1-year follow-up between Group A (32.00 ± 11.89) and Group B (20.56 ± 7.85) (p-value < 0.05). The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores also showed a similar trend like the ODI scores immediately after surgery and at one-year follow-up, with statistically significant difference (p-value < 0.05).
Conclusion: Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic decompression for lumbar disc prolapse is slowly becoming the gold standard although, our study also shows that the second 45 cases had much better results and fewer complications than the first 45 attributing the difficulties and training required for this surgery.
Keywords: Endoscopic Spine; Transforaminal; Disc Prolapse; Local Anaesthesia
Citation: Dr Vishnu Vikraman Nair., et al. “Improving Surgical Proficiency: A Comparative Study of Single Level Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy Performed by a Surgeon at Different Stages After Training".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 7.10 (2024): 13-19.
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