Abstract:
:All patients who underwent decompressive lumbar laminectomy in the Washtenaw County, Michigan metropolitan area during a 7-year period were studied for the purpose of defining long-term outcome, clinical correlations, and the need for subsequent fusion. Outcome was determined by questionnaire and physical examination from a cohort of 119 patients with an average follow-up evaluation interval of 4.6 years. Patients graded their outcome as much improved (37%), somewhat improved (29%), unchanged (17%), somewhat worse (5%), and much worse (12%) compared to their condition before surgery. Poor outcome correlated with the need for additional surgery, but there were few additional significant correlations. No patient had a lumbar fusion during the study interval. The outcome after laminectomy was found to be less favorable than previously reported, based on a patient questionnaire administered to an unbiased patient population. Further randomized, controlled trials are therefore necessary to determine the efficacy of lumbar fusion as an adjunct to decompressive lumbar laminectomy.
journal_name
J Neurosurgjournal_title
Journal of neurosurgeryauthors
Tuite GF,Stern JD,Doran SE,Papadopoulos SM,McGillicuddy JE,Oyedijo DI,Grube SV,Lundquist C,Gilmer HS,Schork MAdoi
10.3171/jns.1994.81.5.0699subject
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1994-11-01 00:00:00pages
699-706issue
5eissn
0022-3085issn
1933-0693journal_volume
81pub_type
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更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1977-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1999.90.1.0085
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1978.49.5.0679
更新日期:1978-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1978.49.1.0071
更新日期:1978-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/spi.1999.91.1.0128
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.3171/2010.2.JNS091595
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1998.88.2.0237
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.3171/2016.5.JNS152372
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/2009.10.JNS09917
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.2000.92.4.0615
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/2018.12.JNS182483
更新日期:2019-04-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1989.70.2.0266
更新日期:1989-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-04-26 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3171/2009.2.JNS081380
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1985.62.1.0090
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1984.61.5.0961
更新日期:1984-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1993.78.1.0129
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/2008.3.17433
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1989.70.6.0841
更新日期:1989-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1984.60.6.1258
更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1989.70.1.0073
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1985.62.5.0662
更新日期:1985-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1985.63.1.0021
更新日期:1985-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3171/jns.1994.81.1.0103
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00