Surgical and nonsurgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis: Four-year outcomes from the Maine lumbar spine study

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 556-562

  Atlas, Steven J ^a   Keller, Robert B ^b   Robson, Deborah ^a   Deyo, Richard A ^c   Singer, Daniel E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Maine Medical Assessment Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spinal stenosis; Lumbar spine surgery; Natural history; Outcomes; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034058106     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200003010-00005     Document Type: Article

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