Prognostic factors in lumbar spinal stenosis surgery A prospective study of imaging- and patient-related factors in 109 patients who were operated on by decompression
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Prognostic factors in lumbar spinal stenosis surgery
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A considerable number of patients who undergo surgery for spinal stenosis have residual symptoms and inferior function and health-related quality of life after surgery. There have been few studies on factors that may predict outcome. We tried to find predictors of outcome in surgery for spinal stenosis using patient- and imaging-related factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS 109...
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