[Fibrinolytic activity and adhesive syndromes of the lumbar vertebral canal].

Abstract

The recent studies, related in medical literature, indicate a reduced activity of fibrinolysis in patients with low back-pain caused by multiple factors (lumbar disc disease, post-laminectomy, post myelography) and suggest a new pathogenetic hypothesis of this disease and new therapeutic implications. The authors conducted a research based on the study of fibrinolysis in patients affected by post-surgical lumbar adhesive syndrome, with the aim of finding, eventually, a relationship between reduced fibrinolytic activity and clinical symptoms. The results are referred and discussed.