Management of lumbar spinal stenosis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lurie, Jon ^a   Tomkins Lane, Christy ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSPINOUS IMPLANT; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MANAGED CARE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INCIDENCE; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; SPINAL STENOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STEROIDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959572429     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h6234     Document Type: Review

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