Operative Treatment of Tarlov Cysts - Outcomes and Predictors of Improvement after Surgery: A Series of 97 Consecutive Patients and a Systematic Review of Literature.
Delshad AbdiJukka HuttunenVille LeinonenSakari SavolainenNils DannerPublished in: Global spine journal (2023)
This is the second-largest study on the treatment of Tarlov cysts ever published. Operative treatment in a selected patient population will likely produce improvement in the symptoms when balanced with the complication rate and profile of surgery. Preoperative lower back or sacral pain is a potential indicator for improvement after surgery.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- chronic pain
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- randomized controlled trial
- systematic review
- skeletal muscle
- patients undergoing
- physical activity
- case report
- atrial fibrillation
- depressive symptoms
- insulin resistance
- surgical site infection
- smoking cessation
- glycemic control