Comparison of Short-Term Clinical Results and Radiologic Changes Between Two Different Minimally Invasive Decompressive Surgical Methods for Lumbar Canal Stenosis: Lumbar Spinous Process Splitting Laminectomy and Trans-Interspinous Lumbar Decompression
Conclusion.
Removal of interspinous contextures did not influence clinical outcomes at 1 year after surgery, but it may be likely to cause disc height loss when it applied at the L4/5 level.
Level of Evidence: 3
Source: Spine - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: CLINICAL CASE SERIES Source Type: research
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