Seven- to 10-year outcome of decompressive surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-98

  Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Lipson, Stephen J ^b   Chang, Lily C ^a,d   Levine, Sharon A ^c   Fossel, Anne H ^a   Liang, Matthew H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

functional status; laminectomy; lumbar spinal stenosis; surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 0030054111     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199601010-00022     Document Type: Article

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