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The aim of this study was to assess the long-term effectiveness of revision lumbar decompression and fusion in the treatment of symptomatic pseudarthrosis, ASD, and same-level recurrent stenosis, using validated patient-reported outcomes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>After a review of the institutional database, 69 patients who had undergone revision neural decompression and instrumented fusion for ASD (28 patients), pseudarthrosis (17 patients), or same-level recurrent stenosis (24 patients) were included in this study. Baseline and 2-year scores on the visual analog scale for leg pain (VAS-LP), VAS for back pain (VAS-BP), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) as well as the time to narcotic independence, time to return to baseline activity level, health state utility (EQ-5D, the EuroQol-5D health survey), and physical and mental component summary scores of the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12 PCS and MCS) were assessed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Compared with the preoperative status, VAS-BP was significantly improved 2 years after surgery for ASD (mean \u00b1 standard deviation 9 \u00b1 2 vs 4.01 \u00b1 2.56, p = 0.001), pseudarthrosis (7.41 \u00b1 1 vs 5.52 \u00b1 3.08, p = 0.02), and same-level recurrent stenosis (7 \u00b1 2.00 vs 5.00 \u00b1 2.34, p = 0.003). The 2-year ODI was also significantly improved after surgery for ASD (29 \u00b1 9 vs 23.10 \u00b1 10.18, p = 0.001), pseudarthrosis (28.47 \u00b1 5.85 vs 24.41 \u00b1 7.75, p = 0.001), and same-level recurrent stenosis (30.83 \u00b1 5.28 vs 26.29 \u00b1 4.10, p = 0.003). The Zung SDS score and SF-12 MCS did not change appreciably after surgery in any of the cohorts, with an overall mean 2-year change of 1.01 \u00b1 5.32 (p = 0.46) and 2.02 \u00b1 9.25 (p = 0.22), respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Data in this study suggest that revision lumbar decompression and extension of fusion for symptomatic pseudarthrosis, ASD, and same-level recurrent stenosis provides improvement in low-back pain, disability, and quality of life and should be considered a viable treatment option for elderly patients with persistent or recurrent back and radicular pain. 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