Demographic Features And Functional Status In Patients With Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

The aim of this study to evaluate the demographic features in patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). Material and Fifty eight patients who underwent spine surgical intervention on a variety of reasons that ongoing complaints of postoperative recurrent back, back-legs and/or legs pain that admitted to policlinic were evaluated retrospectively. The patients were assessed in terms of pain by visuel analog scale (VAS), in terms of functional status by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), in terms of reasons of operation and types of operation by history andin terms of lumbar mobility by Lumbar Schober’s Test (LS). The mean age of the patients were 40.52±8.15. The patients were 61.3% females 38.7% males. 88.1% of the patients had been operated for lumbar disc herniations, 5.3% of the patients had been operated for spinal stenosis and 6.6% of the patients had been operated for osteoarthritis. Discectomy surgery has been performed in 55.3% of the patients, discectomy+laminectomy surgery has been performed in 30.5% of the patients, fusion surgery has been performed in 5% of the patients and laminectomy surgery has been performed in 9.5% of the patients. VAS and ODI values of the patients were 7.20±1.74, 41.2±4.8, respectively. LS was evaluated under 15cm in 93% of the patients. FBSS that affects to be negative about working and daily life with severe pain and limitation of lumbar motion is a significant problem for patients and physicians.