A Randomized, Controlled trial of fusion surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 1413-1423

  Forsth, Peter ^a,b,c   Ólafsson, Gylfi ^d   Carlsson, Thomas ^a   Frost, Anders ^c   Borgstrm, Fredrik ^d   Fritzell, Peter ^c   Ohagen, Patrik ^b   Michalsson, Karl ^b   Sandén, Bengt ^a  

^a Division of Orthopedics   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Quantify Research Stockholm   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SWEDE (PEOPLE); CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DISABILITY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL STENOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84963795885     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1513721     Document Type: Article

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