Background Hospital charges for lumbar spinal stenosis have increased significantly
worldwide in recent times, with great variation in the costs and rates of different surgical …

Background The management of spinal stenosis by surgery has increased rapidly in the
past two decades, however, there is still controversy regarding the efficacy of surgery for this …

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 Conventional paired meta-analyses have shown inconsistent results regarding
the safety and efficacy of different interventions. Objective To perform a network meta …

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 clinical outcome of patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) was
assessed during a follow-up period of 2 years after X-Stop implantation. The X-Stop is the …

Background: Since open Wiltse approach allows limited visualization for foraminal stenosis
leading to an incomplete decompression, we report the short-term clinical and radiological …

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) functionally impacts significant numbers of Americans per
year. Current estimates place the number of Americans suffering from senescent lumbar …

Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the clinical course of pain and disability in
patients with lumbar spinal stenosis following surgery. Methods Electronic databases were …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of a prospective, multicenter cohort study. Objective.
To estimate the added effect of surgical fusion as compared to decompression surgery alone …