NSJ-Spine january 2004
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LSS is a degenerative condition prevalent in the general population 50 years of age and older, and decompressive surgery for LSS is now the most commonly performed spinal surgery in patients age 65 years and over.6,8 The reported success rates of decompressive surgery vary, reflecting the poor scientific quality of the clinical literature, which consists mostly of uncontrolled, nonrandomized, single-center studies involving physicianassessed outcomes measures. The results of these studies are difficult to interpret and even more difficult to compare with those reported in other published studies. Condition-specific outcomes measures in which patients assess their own outcomes should result in a more J Neurosurg Spine 5:500–507, 2006
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تاریخ انتشار 2006