Serum creatine phosphokinase levels as an indicator of muscle injury following lumbar disc surgery: Comparison of fully endoscopic discectomy and microdiscectomy

• Published in: Clinical neurology and neurosurgery Vol. 145; pp. 74 - 78
• Main Authors: Akçakaya, Mehmet Osman, Yörükoğlu, Ali Güven, Aydoseli, Aydın, Aras, Yavuz, Sabancı, Pulat Akın, Altunrende, Muhittin Emre, Dolgun, Müge, Göker, Burcu, Şencan, Fahir, Ali, Achmet, Sencer, Altay
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-06-2016; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Back pain; Back Pain - etiology; Body mass index; Clinical outcomes; Conflicts of interest; Creatine Kinase - blood; Creatine phosphokinase; Cytokines; Diskectomy - adverse effects; Diskectomy - methods; Endoscopy; Female; Fully endoscopic; Humans; Interlaminar; Male; Microdiscectomy; Microsurgery; Middle Aged; Minimally invasive; Muscle injury; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Skin; Statistical analysis; Surgery; Surgical techniques; Transforaminal; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; muscle injury; transforaminal; interlaminar; microdiscectomy; minimally invasive; Creatine phosphokinase; fully endoscopic; Muscle injury; Interlaminar; Microdiscectomy; Minimally invasive; Transforaminal; Fully endoscopic
• ISSN: 0303-8467; 1872-6968
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.04.004

Highlights • Serum CPK level is an adequate indicator of muscle injury. • Serum CPK levels were found significantly higher in MD group. • FELD causes less tissue trauma and muscle injury than MD. • MD and FELD procedures provided similar pain relief for the patients.