Researchers performed a prospective, observational cohort study and found a 79 percent success rate for focal symptomatic spinal stenosis, a 92 percent rate for total hip arthroplasty and a 92 percent success rate for total knee arthroplasty.
The study, titled “Comparative Outcomes and Cost Utility Following Surgical Treatment of Focal Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Compared with Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee” won the 2013 outstanding paper award from The Spine Journal. The research was presented at the North American Spine Society’s 28th Annual Meeting in New Orleans this week.
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