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- Title
Intraspinal lumbar synovial cysts: diagnosis and surgical management.
- Authors
Indar R; Tsiridis E; Morgan M; Aldham CH; Hussein AA; Indar, R; Tsiridis, E; Morgan, M; Aldham, C H; Hussein, A A
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Lumbar synovial cysts are a common association of facet joint degenerative disease. However, it is relatively rare for these cysts to cause symptoms of radiculopathy and nerve root compression.<bold>Patients and Methods: </bold>We report a series of eight cases which were treated over a period of 20 months. There were five female and three male patients with a mean age of 66 years, and an average follow-up of seventeen months. All patients had pre-operative flexion/extension radiographs and MRI scans. Two patients had failed non-surgical treatment, two were associated with a Grade 1 spondylolisthesis, and all were associated with facet joint arthropathy. There were five cases occurring at L4/5 and three at L5/S1.<bold>Results: </bold>All patients underwent identical procedures, which involved exploration, hemi-laminotomy, flavectomy and minimal facet joint excision. No patient required posterior lumbar interbody fusion and at follow-up five patients had excellent and three had good results.
- Publication
Surgeon (Edinburgh University Press), 2004, Vol 2, Issue 3, p141
- ISSN
1479-666X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1016/s1479-666x(04)80074-x