Nerve Composition of Human Lumbar Dorsal Primary Rami and Its Medial Branch

RecruitingOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

20

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 8, 2022

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2024

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2024

Conditions
Lumbar Facet ArthrosisNerve Degeneration
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Spinal surgery

In participants who undergo elective lumbar spinal surgery and consented for research, the medial branch and dorsal rami will be harvested for histological analysis.

OTHER

Histology

The harvested nerves will be fixed, cut into smaller sections. Analysis of macroscopic and light microscopic sections will be carried out

Trial Locations (1)

AB15 6XS

RECRUITING

Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Aberdeen

OTHER