Long-term outcomes of surgical and nonsurgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis: 8 to 10 year results from the maine lumbar spine study.

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Published in Spine (Phila Pa 1976) on April 15, 2005

Authors

Steven J Atlas1, Robert B Keller, Yen A Wu, Richard A Deyo, Daniel E Singer

Author Affiliations

1: General Medicine Division and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. satlas@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

the Evaluation of Four Non-operative Treatments for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis | NCT02592642

Long Term Follow up of Spinal Stenosis Inpatients Treated With Korean Integrative Medicine Treatment. | NCT04443738

Decompression With ELDOA on Lumbar Disc Protrusion Patient | NCT04760210

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