title: [Long-term results of surgical treatment of lumbar stenoses].
abstract: A total of 55 patients with lumbar stenoses which had been existing for a period of 4.5 to 10 years were checked postoperatively. The findings were compared with the preoperative status of the patients. Although in most cases a more extensive decompression was carried out, no cumulated occurrence of spondylolisthesis could be found, nor was a serious and progressive instability of the lumbar spinal cord found in patients with multilevel interventions. On the basis of the clinical-neurological and X-ray checking its was found that the danger of a ventral vertebral sliding due to an extensive decompression is much smaller than the consequences of an insufficient decompression of the neural structures in the stenosed lumbar spinal channel.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Abteilung, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Rainov
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Burkert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000601:surgery; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Langzeitergebnisse der operativen Behandlung der Lumbalstenosen.