Necessity of fusion following decompression surgery in patients with single-level lumbar stenosis: study protocol for an open-label multicentre non-inferiority randomized controlled clinical trial

Abstract Background The necessity of spinal segment fusion after decompression is one of the most controversial and unresolved issues in single-level lumbar spinal stenosis surgery. To date, only one trial carried out 15 years ago focused on this problem. The key purpose of the current trial is to c...

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Published in:	Trials
Main Authors:	Andrey Grin, Ivan Lvov, Aleksandr Talypov, Vladimir Smirnov, Anton Kordonskiy, Valeriy Lebedev, Andrey Zuev, Ilya Senko, Iren Pogonchenkova, Vladimir Krylov
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-07-01
Subjects:	Randomized controlled trial Lumbar spinal stenosis Laminotomy Spinal Fusion Decompression
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07486-8