The effect of duration of symptoms on standard outcome measures in the surgical treatment of spinal stenosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-206

  Ng, Leslie C L ^a,b   Tafazal, Suhayl ^b   Sell, Philip ^b  

^a ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degenerative spinal stenosis; Duration of symptoms; Functional outcome; Lumbar decompression surgery; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847162790     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0078-z     Document Type: Article

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