Preoperative Predictors for Postoperative Clinical Outcome in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Aalto, Timo; Malmivaara, Antti; M. Kovacs, Francisco; Herno, Arto; Alén, Markku; Salmi, Liisa; Kröger, Heikki; Camilo Barreto Andrade, Juan; Jiménez, Rosa; Tapaninaho, A.; Turunen, Veli; Savolainen, Sakari; Airaksinen, Olavi

doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000231727.88477.da

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Preoperative Predictors for Postoperative Clinical Outcome in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Published in Spine • Aug 1, 2006

Authors:

Timo Aalto

Antti Malmivaara

Francisco M. Kovacs

Abstract

In Brief Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To define preoperative factors predicting clinical outcome after lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) surgery. Summary of Background Data. LSS is the most common reason requiring lumbar spine surgery in adults older than 65 years. There are no published s...

Subject

Medicine

Comorbidity

Lumbar spinal stenosis

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