Predictors of surgical outcome in degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2229-2233

  Katz, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Stucki, Gerold ^b   Lipson, Stephen J ^c   Fossel, Anne H ^d   Grobler, Leon J ^e   Weinstein, James N ^f  

^a Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Functional status; Laminectomy; Lumbar fusion; Lumbar spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032721372     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199911010-00010     Document Type: Article

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