Surgery for Spinal Stenosis Provides Better Outcome
February 21, 2008 by MedHeadlines
Filed under Medical Research, Neurology, Surgery
Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common reason for spinal surgery in patients, but its effectiveness compared with nonsurgical treatment methods has never been explored until now. Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School, and colleagues, reported in the Feb. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that patients treated with surgical decompression for severe lumbar spinal stenosis saw significantly more improvement than patients treated nonsurgically. Read more
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