Surgical management of spinal stenosis: a comparison of immediate and long term outcome in two geriatric patient populations
| Autor: | Jacob Feldman, Edna Zohar, Robert Jedeikin, Zeev Arinzon, Brian Fredman, Reuven Gepstein, Shay Shabat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Health (social science) Spinal stenosis Population Lumbar spinal canal stenosis Postoperative Complications Sex Factors Spinal Stenosis Risk Factors Activities of Daily Living Humans Medicine education Contraindication Aged Pain Measurement Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Age Factors Laminectomy Postoperative complication Retrospective cohort study Perioperative medicine.disease Surgery Treatment Outcome Patient Satisfaction Radicular pain Anesthesia Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business Gerontology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 36:273-279 |
| ISSN: | 0167-4943 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0167-4943(02)00172-3 |
| Popis: | This retrospective study was performed to assess and compare the immediate safety and long term outcome of surgical decompression of spinal stenosis when performed for geriatric patients aged 65–74 years (Group A) and those >75 years (Group B) of age. Some 283 patients were studied (179 and 104 patients in Groups A and B, respectively). The mean follow-up time was 41.5 months (range: 9–115) and 42.9 months (range: 9–106) for Groups A and B, respectively. Within both treatment groups, there was a significant (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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