Surgical outcome of 438 patients treated surgically for lumbar spinal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2278-2282

  Airaksinen, Olavi ^a   Herno, Arto ^a   Turunen, Veli ^a   Saari, Tapani ^a   Suomlainen, Olavi ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability; Low back pain; Lumbar; Spinal stenosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031404917     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199710010-00016     Document Type: Article

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