Minimal Access Surgical Technique (MAST) in Obese Patients in Degenerative Lumbar Disease. A Prospective Long-term Evaluation

Being confronted more and more with obese as well as older patients, minimally invasive surgery is said to keep the surgical trauma low. The prospective long-term evaluation is the continuous monitoring of patients undergoing lumbar minimally invasive fusion surgery and analyzing the effect of body mass index (BMI) and wound healing.

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Key information

Conditions

Degenerative Lumbar Disease

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

General Hospital

Amstetten, Austria

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

All patients who will undergo minimally access surgical technique for degenerative lumbar disease fusion surger
Patient willing to participate in observational study and who signs patient information and patient consent form
patient older that 18 years
all products will be used within intended use

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Operation related complications

Time frame: between operation and hospital discharge of patient
Post operative fever

Time frame: between operation and hospital discharge of patient
Liquor leakage

Time frame: between operation and hosital discharge of patient

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Dr. Wolfgang Senker

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Minimal Access Surgical Technique (MAST) in Obese Patients in Degenerative Lumbar Disease. A Prospective Long-term Evaluation.

Important dates

Study start: 2011
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Dec 15, 2010
Registry last updated: Sep 25, 2017

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