A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis | Zendy

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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Author(s) -

Peter Försth,

Gylfi Ólafsson,

Thomas Carlsson,

Anders Frost,

Fredrik Borgström,

Peter Fritzell,

Patrik Öhagen,

Karl Michaëlsson,

Bengt Sandén

Publication year - 2016

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/nejmoa1513721

Subject(s) - medicine , oswestry disability index , spondylolisthesis , lumbar spinal stenosis , decompression , spinal stenosis , surgery , spinal fusion , lumbar , randomized controlled trial , spinal disease , randomization , lumbar vertebrae , low back pain , alternative medicine , pathology

The efficacy of fusion surgery in addition to decompression surgery in patients who have lumbar spinal stenosis, with or without degenerative spondylolisthesis, has not been substantiated in controlled trials.

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