Operative Orthopädie und Traumatologie
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Oper Orthop Traumatol · Nov 2010
[Percutaneous interspinous distraction for the treatment of dynamic lumbar spinal stenosis and low back pain].
SURGICAL GOAL: Surgical treatment of dynamic lumbar spinal stenosis and discogenic/arthrogenic low back pain with a new percutaneous interspinous spacer as a therapeutic alternative to more invasive standard procedures. ⋯ Good early results (after 2 year follow-up) in 42 patients with 76% subjective patient satisfaction rate. No approach related complications. Avoidance of the more invasive alternative procedure (decompression, fusion, total disc replacement) in 76.2% of the patients.