Long-term outcomes of surgical and nonsurgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis: 8 to 10 year results from the Maine lumbar spine study

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 936-943

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18244394811     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000158953.57966.c0     Document Type: Article

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