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The purpose of this study was to provide a description of the long-term clinical outcomes of patients who underwent bilateral laminotomy compared with total laminectomy for LSS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The authors retrospectively reviewed all the patients treated surgically by the senior author for LSS with total laminectomy and bilateral laminotomy with a minimum of 10 years of follow-up. Patients were divided into 2 treatment groups (total laminectomy, group 1; and bilateral laminotomy, group 2) according to the type of surgical decompression. Clinical outcomes measures included the visual analog scale (VAS), the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) scores, and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). In addition, surgical parameters, reoperation rate, and complications were evaluated in both groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Two hundred fourteen patients met the inclusion and exclusion criteria (105 and 109 patients in groups 1 and 2, respectively). The mean age at surgery was 69.5 years (range 58\u201377 years). Comparing pre- and postoperative values, both groups showed improvement in ODI and SF-36 scores; at final follow-up, a slightly better improvement was noted in the laminotomy group (mean ODI value 22.8, mean SF-36 value 70.2), considering the worse preoperative scores in this group (mean ODI value 70, mean SF-36 value 38.4) with respect to the laminectomy group (mean ODI 68.7 vs mean SF-36 value 36.3), but there were no statistically significant differences between the 2 groups. Significantly, in group 2 there was a lower incidence of reoperations (15.2% vs 3.7%, p = 0.0075).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Bilateral laminotomy allows adequate and safe decompression of the spinal canal in patients with LSS; this technique ensures a significant improvement in patients\u2019 symptoms, disability, and quality of life. Clinical outcomes are similar in both groups, but a lower incidence of complications and iatrogenic instability has been shown in the long term in the bilateral laminotomy group.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2019.2.focus18651","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,3]],"date-time":"2019-05-03T18:48:59Z","timestamp":1556909339000},"page":"E2","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Long-term clinical outcomes after bilateral laminotomy or total laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a single-institution experience"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"46","author":[{"given":"Andrea","family":"Pietrantonio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Sense Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, \u2018\u2018Sapienza\u201d University of Rome, Sant\u2019Andrea Hospital, Rome;"},{"name":"Neurosurgery Unit, Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sokol","family":"Trungu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Sense Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, \u2018\u2018Sapienza\u201d University of Rome, Sant\u2019Andrea Hospital, Rome;"},{"name":"Neurosurgery Unit, Cardinale G. 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