Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zaina, Fabio ^a   Tomkins Lane, Christy ^b   Carragee, Eugene ^c   Negrini, Stefano ^d  

^a ISICO ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC SPINE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION; EMBASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MEDLINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN INTENSITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BRACE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

AGED; BRACES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84966455327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010264.pub2     Document Type: Review

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