Effect of spinal decompression on back pain in lumbar spinal stenosis: A Canadian Spine Outcomes Research Network (CSORN) study

Surgical decompression is usually offered for improvement of neurogenic claudication in patients with symptomatic lumbar canal stenosis. These patients often have associated low back pain (LBP) and little is known about the effect of decompression on this symptom.

Source: The Spine Journal - January 18, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Shreya Srinivas, Jerome Paquet, Chris Bailey, Andrew Nataraj, Alexandra Stratton, Michael Johnson, Paul Salo, Sean Christie, Charles Fisher, Hamilton Hall, Neil Manson, Y Raja Rampersaud, Kenneth Thomas, Greg McIntosh, Nicloas Dea Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research