Case-matched radiological and clinical outcome evaluation of interlaminar versus microsurgical decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 32; no. 8; pp. 2863 - 2874
• Main Authors: Saravi, Babak, Ülkümen, Sara, Lang, Gernot, Couillard-Després, Sébastien, Hassel, Frank
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bone surgery; C-reactive protein; Clinical outcomes; Decompression; Endoscopy; Hematoma; Leukocytes; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Pain; Patients; Restenosis; Sensorimotor system; Spinal stenosis; Spine (lumbar); Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Minimal-invasive; Learning curve; Spine; Complications; Spinal stenosis; Endoscopic

Purpose Endoscopic spine surgery is a globally expanding technique advocated as less invasive for spinal stenosis treatment compared to the microsurgical approach. However, evidence on the efficiency of interlaminar full-endoscopic decompression (FED) vs. conventional microsurgical decompression (MS...