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This study aims to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of epidural neuroplasty using a Racz catheter during lumber fixation in situ for lumbosacral spondylolisthesis.
Lumbosacral spondylolisthesis, a common neurosurgical disorder, involves the anterior displacement of a vertebra in relation to the one below it. It often leads to back pain and neurologic symptoms.
Epidural lysis of adhesions is a procedure which treat chronic LBP in patients which didn't respond to medical treatments.The technique of Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) uses high-frequency current to produce tissue coagulation and heat. It involves the use of radio waves, applied through a percutaneous probe to generate heat and create a lesion in a spinal sensory nerve
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Racz catheter group | Experimental | Patients will undergo epidural neuroplasty using Racz catheter during lumber fixation. |
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| Control group | Active Comparator | Patients will undergo classic lumber fixation. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Racz catheter | Procedure | Patients will undergo epidural neuroplasty using Racz catheter during lumber fixation. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Degree of Disability | Degree of Disability will be assessed using Oswestry Low Back Disability Questionnaire: This questionnaire has been designed to give us information as to how back pain has affected a patient's ability to manage everyday life. It consists of 10 questions for each question, there is a possible 5 points (0 for the first answer, 1 for the second answer, etc). Add up the total for the 10 questions and rate them on the scale (0-4 no disability, 5-14 mild disability, 15-24 moderate disability, 25-34 severe disability, 35-50 complete disability). It will be assisted pre-procedure as a baseline, after 1, 2, 4, 6 month post-procedure | 6 month post-procedure |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Degree of pain | Each patient will be instructed about postoperative pain assessment with the visual analogue scale (VAS). VAS (0 represents "no pain" while 10 represents "the worst pain imaginable"). VAS will be assessed pre-procedure as baseline, immediately post-procedure, 1, 2, 4, 6 month post-procedure | 6 month post-procedure |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Tanta University | Tanta | El-Gharbia | 31527 | Egypt |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 41503144 | Derived | Elhamid ASA, Elsharkawy MS, Shaheen MM, Hamama K, Nada A, Abdelraheem TM. Analgesic Efficacy of Epidural Neuroplasty via Racz Catheter During Lumbar Fixation In Situ for Lumbosacral Spondylolisthesis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesthesiol Res Pract. 2026 Jan 6;2026:1031307. doi: 10.1155/anrp/1031307. eCollection 2026. |
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The data will be available upon a reasonable request from the corresponding author after the end of study for one year.
After the end of study for one year.
The data will be available upon a reasonable request from the corresponding author.
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| Classic lumber fixation | Procedure | Patients will undergo classic lumber fixation. |
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| Degree of patient satisfaction |
Degree of patient satisfaction will be assessed on a 5-point Likert scale patient satisfaction (1, extremely dissatisfied; 2, unsatisfied; 3, neutral; 4, satisfied; 5, extremely satisfied) |
| 6 month post-procedure |
| Incidence of complications | Incidence of complications that may occur during the technique such as (bending of the tip of the needle, shearing of the catheter, misplacement of the catheter, blocking of the catheter, blood aspiration and bleeding in the epidural space, hypotension, migration of the catheter, paresthesia, headache and infection) will be recorded. | 6 month post-procedure |