The Felix-trial. Double-blind randomization of interspinous implant or bony decompression for treatment of spinal stenosis related intermittent neurogenic claudication

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Moojen, Wouter A ^a,b   Arts, Mark P ^b   Brand, Ronald ^a   Koes, Bart W ^c   Peul, Wilco C ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; OPERATING ROOM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPONDYLOSIS; STANDARD; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 77953659389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-100     Document Type: Article

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