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NCT Number: NCT00837070

Percutaneous Rupture of Zygapophyseal Joint Cysts

Lumbar zygapophyseal joint cysts can cause lower extremity radiculopathy. These cysts can be cured by a minimally invasive technique: percutaneous cyst distention and rupture

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Key information

Conditions

Zygapophyseal Synovial Joint Cyst Cysts Neoplasms Pathological Conditions, Anatomical Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

20 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Departement of Neuroradiology Oslo university hospital avd Ullevaal

Oslo, 0407, Norway

About this study

Lumbar zygapophyseal joint cysts can cause lower extremity radiculopathy. These cysts can be cured by a minimally invasive technique: percutaneous cyst distention and rupture.

30 patient with lower extremity radiculopathy caused by lumbar zygapophyseal joint cysts will be included in the study.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with lumbar zygapophyseal joint cyst and compression of a spinal nerve root with lower extremity radiculopathy proven by MRI.

Exclusion criteria

  • Infection, uncontrollable bleeding disorder

Treatment and study plan

Percutaneous zygapophyseal cyst rupture

Procedure

Patients will be treated by introducing a 20G spinal needle in the inferior joint recess of the zygapophyseal joint.1 ml of celestone-chronodose,1 ml of Marcain 5 mg/ml and 1-3 ml of contrast media:Omnipaque 240 will be injected until the cyst ruptures.

Other names: Axiom Artis Siemens

Primary outcomes

  1. VAS(Visual analogue scale)for extremity pain

    Time frame: 1-3 and 12 months after intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. Roland-Morris disability index

    Time frame: 1-3 and 12 months after intervention

  2. Reduction of cyst size based om T2 MRI

    Time frame: 3 and 12 months after intervention

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ullevaal University Hospital

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2012
First posted
Feb 5, 2009
Registry last updated
Sep 28, 2017

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