Lumbar laminectomy alone or with instrumented or noninstrumented arthrodesis in degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: Patient selection, costs, and surgical outcomes

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1123-1131

  Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Lipson, Stephen J ^a,b   Lew, Robert A ^a   Grobler, Leon J ^c   Weinstein, James N ^d   Brick, Gregory W ^a   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 WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

arthrodesis; laminectomy; lumbar fusion; spinal stenosis; spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031005787     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199705150-00012     Document Type: Article

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