SAN FRANCISCO — Decompression with fusion was found to be associated with fewer subsequent surgeries in patients with adjacent segment disease compared with decompression treatment alone. “We also ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lumbar facet arthroplasty was associated with superior outcomes vs. spinal fusion for stenosis and ...

No significant association was seen between type of index operation and need for revision surgery among patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS), according to a cohort study. Among 328 ...

In patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, it is uncertain whether decompression surgery alone is noninferior to decompression with instrumented fusion. We conducted ...

The efficacy of fusion surgery in addition to decompression surgery in patients who have lumbar spinal stenosis, with or without degenerative spondylolisthesis, has not been substantiated in ...

Back decompression aims to relieve back pain by taking pressure off compressed spinal discs. There are surgical and nonsurgical methods of back decompression. Nonsurgical therapy includes spinal ...