Lumbar Fusion Compared With Conservative Treatment in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Meta-analysis

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

666 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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* To determine the effect size of lumbar fusion measured by Oswestry Disability Index and compared with conservative treatment in patients with chronic low back pain.
* Meta-analysis using fixed effect model synthesis method.
* Included studies were retrieved from Medline and Cochrane CENTRAL databases since 1990.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Comparison Between Effectiveness of Lumbar Fusion and Conservative Treatment

Study Groups

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Lumbar fusion group

No interventions assigned to this group

Conservative treatment group

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* controlled randomized or non-randomized studies

Exclusion Criteria

* not specified

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Mikhail Saltychev, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Turku University Hospital

References

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Saltychev M, Eskola M, Laimi K. Lumbar fusion compared with conservative treatment in patients with chronic low back pain: a meta-analysis. Int J Rehabil Res. 2014 Mar;37(1):2-8. doi: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e328363ba4b.

Reference Type DERIVED

PMID: 23820296 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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FUSION_META_TYH_2013

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id