Clinical outcomes and safety assessment in elderly patients undergoing decompressive laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a prospective study
Open Access
- 22 November 2010
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Surgery
- Vol. 10 (1) , 34
Abstract
To assess safety, risk factors and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with spinal stenosis after decompressive laminectomy.Keywords
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