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The object of this study was to compare outcomes following minimally invasive unilateral laminectomy for bilateral decompression (ULBD) to a standard \u201copen\u201d laminectomy for LSS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The authors conducted a prospective, 1:1 randomized trial comparing ULBD to open laminectomy for degenerative LSS. The study enrolled 79 patients between 2007 and 2009, and adequate data for analysis were available in 54 patients (27 in each arm of the study). Patient demographic characteristics and clinical characteristics were recorded and clinical outcomes were obtained using pre- and postoperative Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores, visual analog scale (VAS) scores for leg pain, patient satisfaction index scores, and postoperative 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) scores.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Significant improvements were observed in ODI and VAS scores for both open and ULBD interventions (p &lt; 0.001 for both groups using either score). In addition, the ULBD-treated patients had a significantly better mean improvement in the VAS scores (p = 0.013) but not the ODI scores (p = 0.055) compared with patients in the open-surgery group. ULBD-treated patients had a significantly shorter length of postoperative hospital stay (55.1 vs 100.8 hours, p = 0.0041) and time to mobilization (15.6 vs 33.3 hours, p &lt; 0.001) and were more likely to not use opioids for postoperative pain (51.9% vs 15.4%, p = 0.046).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Based on short-term follow-up, microscopic ULBD is as effective as open decompression in improving function (ODI score), with the additional benefits of a significantly greater decrease in pain (VAS score), postoperative recovery time, time to mobilization, and opioid use.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2014.4.spine13420","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,5,30]],"date-time":"2014-05-30T10:00:58Z","timestamp":1401444058000},"page":"179-186","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":232,"title":["Outcomes after decompressive laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: comparison between minimally invasive unilateral laminectomy for bilateral decompression and open laminectomy"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Ralph Jasper","family":"Mobbs","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurospine Clinic and"},{"name":"Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney; and"},{"name":"University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jane","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurospine Clinic and"},{"name":"Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Praveenan","family":"Sivabalan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurospine Clinic and"},{"name":"Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Darryl","family":"Raley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurospine Clinic and"},{"name":"Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Prashanth J.","family":"Rao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurospine Clinic and"},{"name":"Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney; and"},{"name":"University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1-spine13420","series-title":"J Pain Symptom Manage","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"397","DOI":"10.1016\/S0885-3924(01)00271-8","article-title":"Accuracy in equianalgesic dosing: conversion dilemmas","volume":"21","author":"Anderson","year":"2001"},{"issue":"2","key":"b2-spine13420","series-title":"Neurosurg Focus","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"E11","DOI":"10.3171\/FOC\/2008\/25\/8\/E11","article-title":"Minimally invasive decompression for lumbar stenosis and disc herniation","volume":"25","author":"Armin","year":"2008"},{"key":"b3-spine13420","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"329","DOI":"10.3171\/2010.3.SPINE09487","article-title":"Predictors of long-term outcome in an elderly group after laminectomy for lumbar stenosis. 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