Open AccessProspective randomized comparative study to evaluate epidural fibrosis and surgical outcome in patients undergoing lumbar laminectomy with epidural autologous free fat graft or gelfoam: A preliminary study
Author(s) -
Shivender Sobti,
Ashwani Grover,
Bobby John,
Sarvpreet S. Grewal,
Uttam George
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_349_17
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , laminectomy , neurosurgery , fibrosis , lumbar , nerve root , prospective cohort study , spinal cord , psychiatry
Epidural fibrosis (EF) contributes to unsatisfactory relief of symptoms and failed back syndrome after spine surgery. EF around the nerve root can be more refractory to treatment than the original disc herniation itself. Reoperation on the scar can produce more scarring. Few studies have been conducted regarding the type of material to be used for decreasing EF.