Background In the absence of spondylolisthesis, fusion procedures are generally not
recommended. However, decompression alone often does not provide long-term clinical …

Introduction If nonoperative treatment for lumbar stenosis fails, surgery may be considered.
This traditionally includes decompression often combined with fusion. Desire for less …

Background: To alleviate the symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis, widely accepted methods
of surgical treatment include decompression alone and decompression with fusion. As an …

Study Design. Prospective, randomized, multicenter, Food and Drug Administration
Investigational Device Exemption trial. Objective. To evaluate the safety and efficacy of …

Background Approved treatment modalities for the surgical management of lumbar spinal
stenosis encompass a variety of direct and indirect methods of decompression, though all …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND CONTEXT The number of complex fusions performed on
Medicare beneficiaries, defined as≥ age 65, with lumbar spinal stenosis with or without …

OBJECTIVE Surgical decompression is extremely effective in relieving pain and symptoms
due to lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Decompression with interlaminar stabilization (D+ ILS) …

Background Decompression plus spinal fusion is one of the most common surgeries for the
treatment of degenerative spine disease in older adults. However, complications caused by …

In our meta-analysis, we reported the results that decompression plus fusion surgery
showed similar clinical outcomes including ODI and VAS pain score when compared with …

BACKGROUND: Traditional surgical options for the treatment of symptomatic lumbar spinal
stenosis include decompression alone vs decompression and fusion; both options have …