Does an interspinous device (Coflex™) improve the outcome of decompressive surgery in lumbar spinal stenosis? One-year follow up of a prospective case control study of 60 patients

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-289

  Richter, Alexander ^a   Schütz, Christian ^b   Hauck, Michael ^c   Halm, Henry ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Neustadt   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coflex device; Decompression surgery; Interspinous process device; Lumbar dynamic stabilization; Lumbar spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSPINOUS DEVICE; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77950916091     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1229-9     Document Type: Article

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