The Maine Lumbar Spine Study, part III: 1-Year outcomes of surgical and nonsurgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1787-1795

  Atlas, Steven J ^a   Deyo, Richard A ^e   Keller, Robert B ^b   Chapin, Alice M ^c   Patrick, Donald L ^e   Long, John M ^d   Singer, Daniel E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Maine Medical Assessment Foundation   (United States)

^c Maine Health Information Center   (United States)

^d EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

lumbar disc surgery; lumbar spinal stenosis; natural history; outcomes; prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029783729     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199608010-00012     Document Type: Article

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