Low-dose radiotherapy for the inhibition of peridural fibrosis after reexploratory nerve root decompression for postlaminectomy syndrome

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Gerszten, PC
Moossy, JJ
Flickinger, JC
Welch, WC
机构
[1] Univ Pittsburgh, Ctr Med, Dept Neurol Surg, Pittsburgh, PA USA
[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Ctr Med, Dept Radiat Oncol, Pittsburgh, PA USA
关键词
ADCON-L; failed-back surgery syndrome; lumbar spine; discectomy; peridural fibrosis; postlaminectomy syndrome; radiation therapy;
D O I
10.3171/spi.2003.99.3.0271
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Object. The authors of clinical studies have demonstrated a significant association between the presence of extensive post-lumbar discectomy peridural scar formation and the recurrence of low-back and radicular pain. Low-dose perioperative radiotherapy has been demonstrated to inhibit peridural fibrosis after laminectomy in animal models. The present study was designed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of preoperative irradiation in patients with failed-back surgery syndrome due to peridural fibrosis who underwent reexploration and nerve root decompression. Methods. Ten patients with symptomatic post-discectomy peridural fibrosis were randomized. Half of the patients underwent 700-cGy external-beam irradiation to the operative site 24 hours prior to reexploration and decompressive treatment of their symptomatic nerve root(s) (treatment group) and the other half underwent reexploration and decompressive treatment without preoperative irradiation (control group). All patients underwent simulated irradiation so neither patient nor surgeon was aware of the patient's group. In all patients the antiadhesion product ADCON-L was placed over the affected nerve root at the time of surgery. Clinical outcome was assessed using the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section Lumbar Disc Herniation Study Questionnaire at baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 1 year follow up. Five men and five women (mean age 42 years) underwent randomization and surgery. Three patients underwent reexploration at L4-5, four at L5-S1, and three at both levels. No complication was associated with irradiation, and no new neurological deficits occurred. At 1-year follow-up examination, three irradiation-treated patients were pain free and two experienced improvement. In the control group, three patients experienced improved pain relief and two were unchanged. There was a trend toward better outcome at 1 year in the radiotherapy-treated group (p = 0.056). Conclusions. Preoperative low-dose external-beam irradiation improved clinical outcomes after reexploration and decompression of nerve roots affected by postlaminectomy peridural fibrosis causing radicular pain. The addition of preoperative irradiation may improve outcome in patients who undergo reoperation for recurrent radicular pain associated with a significant amount Of peridural fibrosis, particularly now that no antiadhesion product is available for clinical use.
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