1-year results of lumbar spinal stenosis surgery in Finland: a national FinSpine register study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

 While the rates of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) surgery have increased continuously internationally, the role of fusion surgery in the treatment of LSS has been under debate. We aimed to assess the outcome of LSS surgery at 1 year postoperatively and to compare decompression surgery with or without fusion based on the Finnish national spine register FinSpine data.

Methods

 FinSpine data of surgically treated LSS from 2015 to 2022 was included. The primary outcome was Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and secondary ones were Visual Analogue Scale for leg and back pain. Predetermined minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for all outcome measures was used to assess the clinical significance of differences in outcomes. Propensity score matching wa

SUBMITTER: Hatakka J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11829219 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature