{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,13]],"date-time":"2025-12-13T23:06:29Z","timestamp":1765667189995},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Georg Thieme Verlag KG","issue":"02","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,3]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>\n            Background and Objective\u2003Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common degenerative condition that occurs in the spine with increasing age. Clinically, LSS causes a progressive reduction in walking autonomy, resulting in a poor quality of life and impaired functional capacity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome and quality of life of elderly patients presenting with LSS and associated comorbidities after a 5-year follow-up who were treated with an interspinous process device (IPD).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Material and Methods\u2003Sixty patients\u2009&gt;\u200975 years of age presenting with symptomatic degenerative LSS were included. All were treated with an IPD under local anesthesia. American Society of Anesthesiology score, Zurich Claudication Questionnaire, and Short Form 36 were evaluated pre- and postoperatively and at the follow-up visit each year for 5 years.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Results\u2003The mean surgery time while under local anesthesia was 20 minutes. Forty-eight patients were followed for 5 years. Significant clinical improvements in all outcome scores (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05) both postoperatively or at follow-up were found.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Conclusions\u2003IPD seems to be an effective and safe treatment for LSS in elderly patients with general comorbidities. In our study, all followed up patients had a meaningful improvement of their quality of life even at 5 years after surgery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0037-1604280","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,27]],"date-time":"2017-07-27T22:45:50Z","timestamp":1501195550000},"page":"139-144","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Long-term Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients Treated with Interspinous Devices for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"79","author":[{"given":"Massimo","family":"Miscusi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"NESMOS Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stefano","family":"Forcato","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"NESMOS Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Ramieri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Filippo","family":"Polli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonino","family":"Raco","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"NESMOS Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sokol","family":"Trungu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NESMOS Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,27]]},"container-title":["Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0037-1604280.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,31]],"date-time":"2018-07-31T10:57:04Z","timestamp":1533034624000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/DOI\/DOI?10.1055\/s-0037-1604280"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,27]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"02","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,27]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,3]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1055\/s-0037-1604280","relation":{},"ISSN":["2193-6315","2193-6323"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2193-6315","type":"print"},{"value":"2193-6323","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,27]]}}}