Interspinous process device versus standard conventional surgical decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis results in increased reoperation rates and costs without improving patient outcomes

Evid Based Med. 2014 Aug;19(4):136. doi: 10.1136/eb-2013-101689. Epub 2014 Feb 11.

Author

Zachary A Smith¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

PMID: 24520128
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2013-101689

No abstract available

Keywords: Neurosurgery.

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MeSH terms

Decompression, Surgical / methods*
Female
Humans
Intermittent Claudication / surgery*
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
Male
Spinal Stenosis / surgery*