Patient satisfaction as an outcome measure after surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis: Testing the validity and discriminative ability in terms of symptoms and functional status

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2602-2608

  Yamashita, Kazuo ^a   Ohzono, Kenji ^b   Hiroshima, Kazuo ^c  

^a Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Outcome; Patient satisfaction; Prospective study; Spinal stenosis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750372097     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000240717.25787.7d     Document Type: Article

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