Optimizing surgical management of facet cysts of the lumbar spine: systematic review, meta-analysis, and local case series of 1251 patients

CONCLUSIONS: While PCR is less invasive, it may have high rates of same-level recurrence and revision surgery. Recurrence and revision rates for modalities such as ECR were not significantly different from those of OCR. While concomitant arthrodesis is more invasive, it might lead to lower recurrence rates and lower rates of subsequent revision surgery. Given the limitations of our case series and literature review, prospective, randomized studies are needed.PMID:37728373 | DOI:10.3171/2023.6.SPINE23404

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - September 20, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Arjun Ganga Owen P Leary Aayush Setty Kevin Xi Albert E Telfeian Adetokunbo A Oyelese Tianyi Niu Joaquin Q Camara-Quintana Ziya L Gokaslan Patricia Zadnik Sullivan Jared S Fridley Source Type: research