Surgical versus nonsurgical therapy for lumbar spinal stenosis.
By J. Weinstein, Tor D. Tosteson, J. Lurie, A. Tosteson, E. Blood, B. Hanscom, H. Herkowitz, F. Cammisa, T. Albert, S. Boden and 4 more. New England Journal of Medicine, 2008
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Subfields: Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery
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- Interventional Therapies, Surgery, and Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain: An Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society (2009, background): “Although patients on average do not worsen without surgery, improvements are less than those observed in patients with radiculopathy due to herniated lumbar disc.(120,121) There is insufficient evidence to determine if laminectomy with fusion is more effective than laminectomy without fusion.”
- Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges Associated with Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults (2010, neutral): “However, trials establishing an advantage of surgery over nonsurgical care for stenosis alone focused overwhelmingly on decompression without fusion.(5,6) Some trials for lumbar stenosis suggest equivalent efficacy for decompression alone vs decompression and fusion in the absence of spondylolisthes”