Lumbar spinal stenosis: Assessment of long-term outcome 12 years after operative and conservative treatment

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 110-115

  Hurri, H ^a   Slatis P ^a   Soini, J ^a   Tallroth, K ^a   Alaranta, H ^a   Laine, T ^a   Heliovaara M ^b  

^a ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability; Outcome study; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SCIATICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345310040     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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