SWISSspine: a nationwide registry for health technology assessment of lumbar disc prostheses

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作者
Schluessmann, E. [1 ]
Diel, P. [1 ]
Aghayev, E. [1 ]
Zweig, T. [1 ]
Moulin, P. [2 ]
Roeder, C. [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bern, Inst Evaluat Res Orthoped Surg, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland
[2] Swiss Parapleg Ctr Nottwil, Nottwil, Switzerland
[3] Univ Bern, Inselspital Bern, Spine Serv, Univ Hosp, Bern, Switzerland
关键词
Total disc arthroplasty; Health technology assessment; Registry; Outcome; SWISSspine; LOW-BACK-PAIN; MINIMUM FOLLOW-UP; FUSION SURGERY; SPINAL-FUSION; ARTHROPLASTY; REPLACEMENT;
D O I
10.1007/s00586-009-0934-8
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
100204 [神经病学];
摘要
SWISSspine is a so-called pragmatic trial for assessment of safety and efficiency of total disc arthroplasty (TDA). It follows the new health technology assessment (HTA) principle of "coverage with evidence development". It is the first mandatory HTA registry of its kind in the history of Swiss orthopaedic surgery. Its goal is the generation of evidence for a decision by the Swiss federal office of health about reimbursement of the concerned technologies and treatments by the basic health insurance of Switzerland. During the time between March 2005 and 2008, 427 interventions with implantation of 497 lumbar total disc arthroplasties have been documented. Data was collected in a prospective, observational multicenter mode. The preliminary timeframe for the registry was 3 years and has already been extended. Data collection happens pre- and perioperatively, at the 3 months and 1-year follow-up and annually thereafter. Surgery, implant and follow-up case report forms are administered by spinal surgeons. Comorbidity questionnaires, NASS and EQ-5D forms are completed by the patients. Significant and clinically relevant reduction of low back pain VAS (70.3-29.4 points preop to 1-year postop, p < 0.0001) leg pain VAS (55.5-19.1 points preop to 1-year postop, p < 0.001), improvement of quality of life (EQ-5D, 0.32-0.73 points preop to 1-year postop, p < 0.001) and reduction of pain killer consumption was revealed at the 1-year follow-up. There were 14 (3.9%) complications and 7 (2.0%) revisions within the same hospitalization reported for monosegmental TDA; there were 6 (8.6%) complications and 8 (11.4%) revisions for bisegmental surgery. There were 35 patients (9.8%) with complications during followup in monosegmental and 9 (12.9%) in bisegmental surgery and 11 (3.1%) revisions with new hospitalization in monosegmental and 1 (1.4%) in bisegmental surgery. Regression analysis suggested a preoperative VAS "threshold value" of about 44 points for increased likelihood of a minimum clinically relevant back pain improvement. In a short-term perspective, lumbar TDA appears as a relatively safe and efficient procedure concerning pain reduction and improvement of quality of life. Nevertheless, no prediction about the long-term goals of TDA can be made yet. The SWISSspine registry proofs to be an excellent tool for collection of observational data in a nationwide framework whereby advantages and deficits of its design must be considered. It can act as a model for similar projects in other health-care domains.
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