Outcomes after decompression surgery without fusion for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and substantial low back pain.

Soichiro MasudaYusuke KanbaJun KawaiNoboru Ikeda

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2019)

Decompression surgery can improve low back pain, regardless of the degree of preoperative leg pain, but the average score for LBP and leg pain slightly worsened between 3 months and 1 year after surgery. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
chronic pain
coronary artery bypass
pain management
neuropathic pain
surgical site infection
patients undergoing
spinal cord injury