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Surgical versus Nonsurgical Therapy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Author(s) -
James N. Weinstein,
Tor D. Tosteson,
Jon D. Lurie,
An.A. Tosteson,
Emily Blood,
Brett Hanscom,
Harry N. Herkowitz,
Frank P. Cammisa,
Todd J. Albert,
Scott D. Boden,
Alan S. Hilibrand,
Harley Goldberg,
Sigurd Berven,
Howard S. An
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0707136
Subject(s) - medicine , oswestry disability index , lumbar spinal stenosis , spondylolisthesis , randomized controlled trial , surgery , cohort , spinal stenosis , cohort study , confidence interval , observational study , physical therapy , low back pain , back pain , lumbar , alternative medicine , pathology
Surgery for spinal stenosis is widely performed, but its effectiveness as compared with nonsurgical treatment has not been shown in controlled trials.

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