Long-term clinical and magnetic resonance imaging follow-up assessment of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis after laminectomy

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1533-1537

  Herno, Arto ^a   Partanen, Kaarina ^a   Talaslahti, Tiina ^a   Kaukanen, Erkki ^a   Turunen, Veli ^a   Suomalainen, Olavi ^a   Airaksinen, Olavi ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lumbar spinal stenosis; Postoperation magnetic resonance imaging; Surgical management; Surgical results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 0032788020     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199908010-00006     Document Type: Article

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