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Surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with microdecompression and interspinous distraction device insertion. A case series
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research20127:35
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-7-35
© Ploumis et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
Received: 17 March 2011
Accepted: 25 October 2012
Published: 29 October 2012
Authors’ Affiliations
(1)
Departments of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
(2)
Orthopaedic Department, 424 General Army Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Archived Comments
Need of a compartive study for efficacy
2 December 2014
Shashidhar Bangalore Kantharajanna, Bombay Hospital
I read with great interest the manuscript by Avraam Ploumis et al; Surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with micro- decompression and interspinous distraction device insertion. A case series.I must congratulate the authors for this study. However, I would like to draw attention of authors and readers to the following:
Two different therapeutic options of micro decompression and interspinous decompression have been used together in the study. Hence it will be difficult to evaluate and quantify whether the benefits gained out of the treatment are due to, which of the two therapies. A randomized comparative study, comparing the two different therapeutic modality with nonoperative treatment will be more informative.
Competing interests
I do not have any competing interests