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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Relevant neuroimaging findings of the final cohort

From: Assessing the real benefits of surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis without instability and spondylolisthesis: a single surgeon experience with a mean 8-year follow-up

Neuroimaging findings

 Surgical cohort

  Recurrence of the stenosis in the intervention area

2

  Recurrence of stenosis in a higher area than the intervention

1

  Recurrence of stenosis in a lower area than the intervention

1

  Insufficient laminectomy in craniocaudal direction

4

  Vertebral instability

3

 Non-surgical cohort

  Worsening stenosis

3

  Vertebral instability

1