Is the sedimentation sign associated with spinal stenosis surgical treatment effect in SPORT?

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 129-136

  Moses, Rachel A ^a   Zhao, Wenyan ^a   Staub, Lukas P ^b   Melloh, Markus ^c   Barz, Thomas ^d   Lurie, Jon D ^a,e  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d Asklepios Klinikum Uckermark   (Germany)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spinal stenosis; MRI; Sedimentation sign; Shared decision making; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL INDICATOR; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDIMENTATION; AGED; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL STENOSIS;

AGED; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84926040949     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000672     Document Type: Article

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