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Interspinous process decompression is associated with a reduction in opioid analgesia in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

BACKGROUND: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) causes significant pain and functional impairment, and medical management has increasingly included the prescription of opioid-based analgesics. Interspinous process decompression (IPD) provides a minimally-invasive treatment option for LSS. METHODS: This stu...

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Autores principales: Nunley, Pierce D, Deer, Timothy R, Benyamin, Ramsin M, Staats, Peter S, Block, Jon E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6251434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538533
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S182322