title: Interspinous spacers for lumbar spinal stenosis: commentary on van den Akker-van Marle et al.
abstract: van den Akker-van Marle ME, Moojen WA, Arts MP, Vleggeert-Lankamp CLAM, Peul WC, for the Leiden-The Hague Spine Intervention Prognostic Study Group (SIPS). Interspinous process devices versus standard conventional surgical decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: cost-utility analysis. Spine J 2016:16:702-10 (in this issue).
authors.affiliation: Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. Electronic address: jon.d.lurie@dartmouth.edu.
authors.forename: Jon D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lurie
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*