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Patients were randomly allocated to either in situ decompression or conservative treatment. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients with subjective symptom improvement at short\u2010term (3 months) and long\u2010term (6\u201012 months) follow\u2010up.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>One hundred seventeen patients were included: 56 and 61 patients were allocated to surgery and conservative treatment, respectively. 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