Neurology
Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
March 2001
Clinical Focus*
- What is the relationship between each relevant patient characteristic and the presence and/or intensity of each of the patient signs, symptoms, and conditions of lumbar spinal stenosis?
- Which relevant patient characteristics associated with an increased likelihood of focal narrowing of the spinal cord?
- What is the relationship between the degree of stenosis and the presence and/or intensity of each of the signs, symptoms, and patient conditions?
- What is the relationship between the signs and symptoms and other features of the patient history and physical and results of the imaging examination?
- What is the relationship between the signs and symptoms and other features of the patient history and physical and the results of conservative treatment; and what is the relationship between the type of conservative treatment and patient outcomes?
- What is the relationship between the signs and symptoms and other features of the patient history and physical and the success or failure of surgical treatment?
- What is the relationship between the type of surgery received and the success or failure of surgical treatment?
- What costs are associated with nonsurgical and surgical treatment of spinal stenosis?
*Addressed in the summary or evidence report.
Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Summary (Publication No. 01-E047, March 2001)
Evidence Report: Volume I, Volume II (Publication No. 01-E048, June 2001)
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EPC: ECRI
Topic Nominator: American Academy of Neurosurgeons
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