Health-related quality of life after surgical treatment for lumbar stenosis

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1670-1674

  Padua, Luca ^a,b   Padua, Roberto ^c   Mastantuoni, Giuseppe ^a   Pitta, Leonardo ^a   Caliandro, Pietro ^a   Aulisa, Lorenzo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lumbar stenosis; Patient oriented; Quality of life; Surgery outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3542996247     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000132313.84338.54     Document Type: Article

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