Study Design. Systematic review with meta-analysis. Objective. To assess the relative merits
of minimally invasive unilateral laminectomy for bilateral decompression (ULBD) versus …

Background The gold standard treatment for symptomatic lumbar stenosis refractory to
conservative management is a facet‐preserving laminectomy. New techniques of posterior …

Object The development of minimally invasive surgical techniques is driven by the quest for
better patient outcomes. There is some evidence for the use of minimally invasive surgery for …

BACKGROUND: Decompression without fusion is a treatment option in patients with lumbar
spinal stenosis (LSS) associated with stable low-grade degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) …

Background context The classic surgical treatment of spinal stenosis involves bilateral
dissection of paraspinal muscles to expose all the involved levels, wide laminectomy, and …

Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 60 patients who underwent bilateral
decompression for lumbar central canal stenosis. The patients were divided into 2 groups …

OBJECT Surgical decompression is the intervention of choice for lumbar spinal stenosis
(LSS) when nonoperative treatment has failed. Standard open laminectomy is an effective …

The goal of surgical treatment for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is to effectively
relieve the neural structures by various decompressive techniques. Microendoscopic …

Study Design. Observational cohort study. Retrospective review of prospectively collected
outcomes data. Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of …

Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the immediate postoperative clinical
outcomes and perform a preliminary analysis of the effectiveness of biportal endoscopic …