Is spinal stenosis better treated surgically or nonsurgically?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 458, Issue , 2007, Pages 90-93

  Athiviraham, Aravind ^a   Yen, David ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247885988     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e31803799a9     Document Type: Article

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