Surgical management of spinal stenosis: A comparison of immediate and long term outcome in two geriatric patient populations

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-279

  Arinzon, Zeev H ^a   Fredman, Brian ^b   Zohar, Edna ^b   Shabat, Shay ^b   Feldman, Jacob S ^b   Jedeikin, Robert ^b   Gepstein, Reuven J ^c  

^a Frieda Schiff Warburg Geriatric Ctr   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Geriatric patients; Lumbar spinal canal stenosis; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0037404875     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00172-3     Document Type: Article

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