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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 97-B, Issue SUPP_2 | Pages 14 - 14
1 Feb 2015
Vadhva M Hoggett L Khatri M
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Aim

To assess the safety of Zero Profile Interbody fusion (Zero P) device in Anterior Cervical Decompression and fusion (ACDF) for degenerative cervical stenosis.

Method

89 consecutive patients treated with Zero P interbody device from September 2009 to September 2012 were included in this retrospective study.

Inclusion criterion: degenerative cervical stenosis with myelopathy, persistent radiculopathy after at least 3 months of failed conservative management.

Exclusion criterion: Paediatric population; patients with infection, metastatic disease and trauma.

There were 39 females, 50 males with mean age of 55 (ranging from 24 to 84 years)

56 (64%) had surgery at 1 level, 31 (35%) at 2 levels, 1 (1%) at 3 levels. Total number of levels operated were 121. Common levels operated were C56 (62%) and C67 (47%)

Majority were operated due to radicular symptoms, 56 (64%) had radicular symptoms, 28(31%) had myelopathy and 5 (5%) Myeloradiculopathy


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 97-B, Issue SUPP_2 | Pages 8 - 8
1 Feb 2015
Hoggett L Carter S Vadhva M Khatri M
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Aim

To assess the safety of day case lumbar decompressive surgery

Method

Retrospective study of 233 consecutive patients undergoing DCLDS who were identified from a prospective electronic database.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXVI | Pages 45 - 45
1 Jun 2012
Pulavarti R Vadhva M Wellington K Khatri M
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Assess efficacy of caudal epidural injection with epidurogram with validated outcome measures.

Introduction

The administration of local steroids and other drugs into caudal epidural space has been well established procedure in the management of low back pain with or without leg symptoms. Various studies have been done to assess the efficacy of the different routes of administration of epidural injections. However, only a few published prospective studies have been done on performing caudal epidural injections under fluoroscopic guidance with validated outcome measures.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_X | Pages 131 - 131
1 Apr 2012
Vadhva M Wardlaw D Sabboubeh A
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Assessment of long term results of Chemonucleolysis vs. surgical enucleation in soft disc herniation

From 1982 to 1985, 100 patients with symptomatic disc herniation were randomly allocated to receive either Chemonucleolysis or disc enucleation after all these patients had a trial of conservative treatment for three months.

The outcome of result was measured using MacNab Criteria with the help of

Questionnaire

Assessing the patients in clinic

44 patients out of original 100 patients were followed up in the clinic 25 years later. 24 were from chemonucleolysis group and 20 from the surgical group.

According to MacNab criteria 62.5% had excellent or good results and 25% poor results in chemonucleolysis group and in surgery group 70% had excellent or good results and 10% poor results. Patients with poor result in Chemonucleolysis group consisted of: a) 1 had poor result post TKR, b) 4 were offered surgical enucleation subsequent to failed Chemonucleolysis though they did not seem to benefit from surgery and 1 out of these 4 also had fibromyalgia. c) 1 had poor result after sustaining fracture neck of femur. Poor results in surgical group were due to persistent back pain.

The results at 25 year follow-up have shown no statistically significant difference between the patients treated by either chemonucleolysis or surgery. The added benefit of using the chymopapain injection is that it is of lower cost. Chemonucleolysis should have a wider role in treatment of intervertebral disc herniation.