Factors influencing the outcome of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-137

  Mariconda, Massimo ^a   Zanforlino, Giovanni ^a   Celestino, Giuseppe A ^a   Brancaleone, Sergio ^a   Fava, Roberto ^a   Milano, Carlo ^a  

^a Policlinico Mater Domini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034586652     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-200004000-00007     Document Type: Article

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