Jeremy C Heard, Yunsoo Lee, Teeto Ezeonu, Mark J Lambrechts, Tariq Z Issa, Goutham R Yalla, Khoa Tran, Akash Singh, Caroline Purtill, Sydney Somers, Alexander Becsey, Jose A Canseco, Mark F Kurd, Ian D Kaye, Alan S Hilibrand, Alexander R Vaccaro, Gregory D Schroeder, Christopher K Kepler
OBJECTIVES: To establish the relationship between the magnitude of foraminal stenosis and (1) improvement in patient-reported outcomes, (2) improvement in motor function after lumbar decompression surgery, and (3) difference in surgical outcomes. METHODS: Patients who underwent one-level posterior lumbar decompression for radiculopathy were retrospectively identified. Patient demographics and surgical characteristics were collected through a query search and manual chart review of the electronic medical records...
August 24, 2023: World Neurosurgery