Surgical or nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis? A randomized controlled trial

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Malmivaara, Antti ^a   Slätis, Pär ^c   Heliövaara, Markku ^a   Sainio, Päivi ^a   Kinnunen, Heikki ^b   Kankare, Jyrki ^b   Dalin Hirvonen, Nina ^b   Seitsalo, Seppo ^c   Herno, Arto ^d   Kortekangas, Pirkko ^e   Niinimäki, Timo ^f   Rönty, Hannu ^f   Tallroth, Kaj ^c   Turunen, Veli ^d   Knekt, Paul ^g   Härkänen, Tommi ^a   Hurri, Heikki ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Operative treatment; Outcome; Randomized controlled trial; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33846069116     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000251014.81875.6d     Document Type: Article

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