TOCHIGI, Japan — A controlled study comparing results of skip laminectomy with open-door laminoplasty demonstrated that skip laminectomy reduced axial symptoms yet maintained neck range of motion ...

OBJECTIVE To test the equivalence for clinical effectiveness between microdecompression and laminectomy in patients with central lumbar spinal stenosis. DESIGN Multicentre observational study. SETTING ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Investigators of this randomized controlled trial found laminectomy performed in addition to lumbar spinal ...

Patients whose lumbar spinal stenosis was treated with decompression surgery plus fusion ended up no less disabled than those who had decompression alone, but they did lose more blood, stay ...

Traditionally, the surgical management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis consisted of decompressive laminectomy alone. In 1985, Lombardi and colleagues [7] reported the results of 47 patients ...

Spinal stenosis, or a reduction of space in the spinal canal that squeezes the nerves in the lumbar spine, is one of the most common causes of severe back pain associated with leg pain. It is usually ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (FEBRUARY 2, 2021). Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) conducted a randomized controlled trial in 47 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis to compare treatment outcomes and ...

For years, debate around endoscopic spine surgery centered on whether the technique was ready for broad adoption. Questions about safety, durability, and outcomes dominated discussions among surgeons, ...

Lynn Anderanin CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, COSC, senior director of coding education at Healthcare Information Services, shares common decompressive procedures and CPT codes used to report them. A version ...