CAN PATIENTS WITH SAGITTALLY WELL-COMPENSATED LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE KYPHOSIS BENEFIT FROM SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR INTRACTABLE BACK PAIN?

Abstract

This study shows that even lumbar degenerative kyphosis patients with spines that are sagittally well compensated by compensatory mechanisms may suffer from intractable back pain and that these patients can be treated effectively by the restoration of lumbar lordosis.