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Spine

Prognostic factors in lumbar spinal stenosis surgery

A prospective study of imaging- and patient-related factors in 109 patients who were operated on by decompression

Freyr G SigmundssonDepartment of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xiao P KangDepartment of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Bo JönssonDepartment of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Björn StrömqvistDepartment of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Pages 536-542 | Received 05 Dec 2011, Accepted 07 May 2012, Published online: 22 Oct 2012

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