title: Fusion adds little value to decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis, studies show.
authors.affiliation: London.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mayor
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D007902:Length of Stay; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D061646:Operative Time; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome