title: Reviewer's comment on "five-year outcome of surgical decompression of the lumbar spine without fusion" by Mannion AF, Denzler R, Dvorak J, Grob D (doi:10.1007/s00586-010-1535-2).
authors.affiliation: Human Performance Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, W6 8RF, UK. a.mcgregor@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Alison H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: McGregor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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