Two-year follow-up after decompressive surgery with and without implantation of an interspinous device for lumbar spinal stenosis: A prospective controlled study

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 336-341

  Richter, Alexander ^a   Halm, Henry F H ^b   Hauck, Michael ^c   Quante, Markus ^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; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT DISLOCATION; IMPLANTATION; INTERLAMINAL FIXATION DEVICE; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL APPROACH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84905112702     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31825f7203     Document Type: Article

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