Open AccessA retrospective comparison of laminectomy and unilateral fenestration with foraminotomy on outcome of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
Author(s) -
Danil Adam,
Ioana Hornea,
Gina Burduşa,
D. Iftimie,
Cristiana Moisescu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
romanian neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2344-4959
pISSN - 1220-8841
DOI - 10.1515/romneu-2016-0002
Subject(s) - medicine , foraminotomy , laminectomy , lumbar spinal stenosis , surgery , oswestry disability index , visual analogue scale , decompression , spinal stenosis , lumbar , anesthesia , low back pain , spinal cord , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Background: Neural decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) can be performed, besides conventional lumbar laminectomy, by many other surgical techniques