Low back pain is a highly prevalent condition. About 3 percent of low backache casesneed to be treated operatively . Severe back pain and radiating pain or claudication which are resistant to conservative management are usually selected for surgical management. Due to the increased aging population and the people increasingly getting operated for back ache, the number of revision surgeries are also rising. Early surgical failures might result from insufficient decompression and preoperative lumbar instability with late recurrence of back or leg problems due to acquired spinal instability or adjacent level degeneration Revision surgery is usually required at the index or adjacent levels.Mostly, revision surgery is required at the index or at adjacent levels. The rates for re operation after decompression without fusion for LSS are rather consistently reported to be around 8–10% 2 to 4 years following surgery A meta analysis study which reviewed fenestration surgeries showed an average re operation rate of 7.58% ± 5.29% in 8.28 ± 6.26 years follow up as compared to laminectomy alone (12.70% ± 7.49%, 6.50 ± 2.12 years follow up) . Laminectomy with or without fusion showed are operation rate of 11.22% ± 4.25% in 6.00 ± 2.60 years follow up period. The comparative results of these studies were however not significant. While recent studies were able to identify particular factors, such as obesity, smoking, or fusion as decisive for the outcome of lumbar operations, the literature has not demonstrated yet whether these factors influence re operation. Revision lumbar decompression and extension of fixation is the gold standard for fixationElderly patients requiring revision lumbar spine surgery are a difficult cohort to treat.Studies have reported poor outcomes when compared to the primary lumbar surgeries. The goal of this study is to identify the various causes of revision at our institute, and find the short term outcome. This would help us to identify the factors which needs to assessed to predict outcome of revision surgeries. |