Open AccessLumbar facet distraction and fixation in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: Long-term clinical outcome and reoperation rates
Author(s) -
Giovanni Grasso,
Atul Goel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_128_20
Subject(s) - medicine , oswestry disability index , lumbar spinal stenosis , visual analogue scale , surgery , lumbar , back pain , decompression , retrospective cohort study , group b , spinal stenosis , low back pain , anesthesia , alternative medicine , pathology
Symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) unresponsive to conservative therapy is commonly treated by surgical decompression. In this study, we compared clinical outcomes after decompressive surgery for LSS in patients implanted with interarticular spacers along with microdecompression (MD) with those receiving only MD.