Clinical Correlates of Patient Satisfaction After Laminectomy for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Jaffrey N. Katz, Stephen J. Lipson, Gregory W. Brick, Leon J. Grobler, James N. Weinstein, Anne H. Fossel, Robert Lew, Matthew H. Liang

Spine · 1995 · 217 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Patients bothered predominantly by back pain preoperatively and those with greater medical comorbidity and functional disability are significantly less satisfied with the results of surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis.