Clinico-diagnostic assessment of the severity of degenerative damage of the lumbosacral spine

Abstract

A novel scale for objective assessment of the severity of degenerative damage of the lumbosacral spine has been elaborated. Forthe period from 2002 to 2007, 292 patients with this conditionwere operated on at the Department of Spinal Surgery, N.N.Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery RAMS. With the help of thescale under discussion, analysis was performed in patients withdisk herniation of the lumbosacral spine (194 patients), vertebralcanal stenosis (57), spondylolisthesis (23), and combined degenerative damage (18). A qualification scheme for the lumbosacralspine degenerative damage, based on the developed multidimensional assessment scale, has been proposed.

Keywords

• degenerative damage of the spine
• severity
• multidimensional assessment scale