Does the Sagittal Balance Influence Microsurgical Results for Spinal Stenosis?
SB does not influence the long-term clinical outcome in patients with symptomatic LSS after microsurgical decompression. Patients without obvious instability benefit significantly from microsurgery, regardless of their preoperative global SB. The initial pathologic SB in patients with LSS appears to represent true structural changes of the spine, rather than a pseudo-imbalance due to a compensatory mechanism to relieve claudication.
Authors
- Peter Vajkoczy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4350-392X)
- Simon Bayerl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7408-7813)
- Malte Dinkelbach
- Florian Pöhlmann
- Nils Hecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9989-649X)
- Anton Früh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2982-2046)
- J. Franke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0724-1785)
- Kimberly Ohm
Institutions
- Berlin School of Economics and Law (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Park-Klinik Weißensee (DE)
- DRK Kliniken Berlin (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005195
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00