Nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 384, Issue , 2001, Pages 153-161

  Simotas, Alexander C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0035289835     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200103000-00018     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Amundsen T, Weber H, Nordal H, et al: Lumbar spinal stenosis: Conservative or surgical management?: A prospective 10-year study. Spine 25:1424-1436, 2000.
2. Atlas SJ, Deyo RA, Keller RB, et al: The Maine lumbar spine study, part iii. 1-year outcomes of surgical and nonsurgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine 21:1787-1794, 1996.
3. Boden S, Davis D, Dina T, et al: Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic subjects. J Bone Joint Surg 72A:403-408, 1999.
4. Cady LD, Bischoff D, O'Connell E, et al: Program for increasing health and physical fitness in firefighters. J Occup Med 27:269-272, 1985.
5. Ciocon JO, Galindo-Ciocon D, Amaranath L, et al: Caudal epidural blocks for elderly patients with lumbar canal stenosis. J Am Geriatr Soc 42:593-596, 1994.
6. Claman HN: Corticosteroids and lymphoid cells. N Engl J Med 287:388-397, 1972.
7. Dilke TF, Burry HC, Grahame R: Extradural corticosteroid injection in management of lumbar nerve root compression. Br Med J 2:635-637, 1973.
8. Dreyfuss PH, Dreyer SJ, Herring SA: Lumbar zygapophysial (facet) joint injections. Spine 20:2040-2047, 1995.
9. Eisenach JC, Gebhart GF: Intrathecal amitriptyline acts as an n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist in the presence of inflammatory hyperalgesia in rats. Anesthesiology 83:1046-1054, 1995.
10. Estlander A, Vanharanta H, Moneta G, et al: Anthropometric varaiables, self-efficacy beliefs, and pain and disability ratings on the isokinetic performance of low back pain patients. Spine 19:941-947, 1994.
11. Getty CJ: Lumbar spinal stenosis: The clinical spectrum and the results of operation. J Bone Joint Surg 62B:481-485, 1980.
12. Grubb SA, Lipscomb HJ, Coonrad RW: Degenerative adult onset scoliosis. Spine 13:241-245, 1988.
13. Herno A, Airaksinen O, Saari T: Computed tomography after laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: Patients' pain patterns, walking capacity, and subjective disability had no correlation with computed tomography findings. Spine 19:1975-1978, 1994.
14. Herno A, Airaksinen O, Saari T, et al: Lumbar spinal stenosis: A matched-pair study of operated and nonoperated patients. Br J Neurosurg 10:461-465, 1996.
15. Herno A, Partanen K, Talaalahti T, et al: Long-term clinical and magnetic resonance imaging follow-up assessment of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis after laminectomy. Spine 24:1533-1537, 1999.
16. Hoogmartens M, Morelle P: Epidural injection in the treatment of spinal stenosis. Acta Orthop Belg 53:409-411, 1987.
17. Johnsson KE, Rosen I, Uden A: The natural course of lumbar spinal stenosis. Clin Orthop 279:82-86, 1992.
18. Johnsson KE, Uden A, Rosen I: The effect of decompression on the natural course of spinal stenosis: A comparison of surgically treated and untreated patients. Spine 16:615-619, 1991.
19. Katz JN, Lipson SJ, Larson MG, et al: The outcome of decompressive laminectomy for degenerative lumbar stenosis. J Bone Joint Surg 73A:809-816, 1991.
20. Kirkaldy-Willis WH, Burton CV: Managing Low Back Pain. New York, Churchill Livingstone 1992.
21. Klenerman L, Slade P, Stanley M, et al: The prediction of chronicity in patients with an acute attack of low back pain in a general practice setting. Spine 20:478-488, 1995.
22. Mehta M, Salmon N: Extradural block. Confirmation of the injection site by x-ray monitoring. Anaesthesia 40:1009-1012, 1985.
23. Onel D, Sari H, Donmez C: Lumbar spinal stenosis: Clinical/radiologic therapeutic evaluation in 145 patients: Conservative treatment or surgical intervention? Spine 18:291-298, 1993.
24. Pheasant H, Bursk A, Goldfarb J, et al: Amitriptyline and chronic low-back pain: A randomized double-blind crossover study. Spine 8:552-557, 1983.
25. Porter RW, Hibbert C, Evans C: The natural history of root entrapment syndrome. Spine 9:418-421, 1984.
26. Rinehart JJ, Sagone AL, Balcerzak SP, et al: Effects of corticosteroid therapy on human monocyte function. N Engl J Med 292:236-241, 1975.
27. Roland M, Morris R: A study of the natural history of back pain: Part I: Development of the reliable and sensitive measure of disability in low back pain. Spine 8:141-144, 1983.
28. Rosenberg JM, Harrel C, Ristic H, et al: The effect of gabapentin on neuropathic pain. Clin J Pain 13:251-255, 1997.
29. Snoek W, Weber H, Jorgensen B: Double blind evaluation of extradural methyl prednisolone for herniated lumbar discs. Acta Orthop Scand 48:635-641, 1977.
30. Spiegel K, Kalb R, Pasternak GW: Analgesic activity of tricyclic antidepressants. Ann Neurol 13:462-465, 1983.
31. Stucki G, Daltroy L, Liang MH, et al: Measurement properties of a self-administered outcome measure in lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine 21:796-803, 1996.
32. Stucki G, Liang MH, Lipson SJ, et al: Contribution of neuromuscular impairment to physical functional status in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. J Rheumatol 21:1338-1343, 1994.
33. Swezey RL: Outcomes for lumbar stenosis: A five-year followup study. J Clin Rheumatol 2:129-134, 1996.
34. Waddell G, Somerville D, Henderson I, et al: Impairment in chronic low back pain. Spine 17:617-628, 1992.
35. Weinstein JN: Anatomy and Neurophysiologic Mechanisms of Spinal Pain. In Frymoyer JW (ed). The Adult Spine. New York, Raven Press 29-46, 1991.
36. Weinstein SM, Herring SA, Derby R: Contemporary concepts in spine care: Epidural steroid injections. Spine 20:1842-1846, 1995.
37. White AH: Injection techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain. Orthop Clin North Am 14:553-567, 1983.
38. White AH, Derby R, Wynne G: Epidural injections for the diagnosis and treatment of low-back pain. Spine 5:78-86, 1980.
39. Wiltse LL, Kirkaldy-Willis WH, McIvor GW: The treatment of spinal stenosis. Clin Orthop 115:83-91, 1976.