Report in English with a French summary - KCE
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Report in English with a French summary - KCE
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<strong>KCE</strong> reports vol.39 Sp<strong>in</strong>e technology 41<br />
Table 6 : Randomized controlled trials<br />
Study ID Patients Intervention/comparator Quality<br />
Assessment<br />
Good / Fair<br />
Outcomes<br />
Geisler 2004 Patients <strong>with</strong> s<strong>in</strong>gle-level symptomatic Intervention: Lumbar total disk Fair VAS score at 2y: IDR 31.2 vs. control 37.5,<br />
Blumenthal 2005 DDD at L4-L5 or L5-S1 confirmed by replacement <strong>with</strong> the Charité disk (n<br />
p=0.11<br />
McAfee 2005 provocative discography; failure to = 205)<br />
ODI score at 2y: IDR 26.3 vs. control 30.5,<br />
respond to nonfusion treatment for a Comparator: ALIF <strong>with</strong> BAK fusion<br />
p=0.27<br />
period of at least 6 months.<br />
cage packed <strong>with</strong> iliac crest autograft<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ical success at 2y: IDR 63.6% vs. control<br />
(n = 99)<br />
56.8%, p=0.0004<br />
Equivalent overall complication rate (p=0.68) and<br />
device failure (p=0.45)