Effect of Preoperative Symptom Duration on Outcome in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: a CSORN registry study

Lumbar degenerative stenosis is one of the most common spine pathologies for which surgical intervention is indicated. There is some evidence that a prolonged duration of neurological compression could lead to a failure of surgery to alleviate symptoms.

Source: The Spine Journal - May 20, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Duncan Cushnie, Kenneth Thomas, W. Bradley Jacobs, Roger K.H. Cho, Alex Soroceanu, Henry AhnMD, Najmedden Attabib, Christopher S. Bailey, Charles G Fisher, R. Andrew Glennie, Hamilton Hall, Peter Jarzem, Michael G Johnson, Neil A Manson, Andrew Nataraj, J Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research