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Appropriate Selection of Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis for Interspinous Process Decompression With the X STOP Device

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Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/555033

Description: these patients are limited to a choice between nonsurgical conservative care and more invasive decompressive surgical procedures such as laminectomy with or without fusion. The X STOP interspinous process decompression system is a commercially available device that provides a minimally invasive alternative treatment, an intermediate option within the continuum of care for these patients.

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Carl Lauryssen, M.D
Institution: Medscape
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Language: English

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Added: Tue Sep 18 2007