A clinical comparison of two posterior decompression and fusion approaches for two-level lumbar spinal stenosis, focusing on recovery and complication profiles.
Key Takeaways
- Bilateral laminectomy with fusion reduced hospital stay, blood loss, and earlier ambulation
- Bilateral approach produced greater improvements in ODI, VAS, and JOA scores
- MacNab excellent/good rates were 95% for BLF and 91% for TLF