Comparable long-term pain and disability outcomes following decompression alone versus decompression with fusion in lumbar spinal stenosis patients with high-signal facet joints

Both surgical approaches yielded significant improvements in pain and disability for patients with LSS. The findings suggest fusion may not be necessary for patients with high-signal facet joints absent additional instability markers, supporting a tailored approach to surgical decision-making.

Authors

Jeffrey A. Garrett
Gary A. Cameron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-6733)
A Azzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7161-0453)
Akash Ranjan Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3937-6497)
William Matthews
Richard Ferch

Institutions

Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
University of New England (AU)

Publication Details

Journal: European Spine Journal
Published: 2025-06-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-025-09065-8
Citations: 1
Primary Topic: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 1.47

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Newcastle University

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Comparable long-term pain and disability outcomes following decompression alone versus decompression with fusion in lumbar spinal stenosis patients with high-signal facet joints

Jeffrey A. Garrett, Gary A. Cameron, A Azzi, Akash Ranjan Singh et al.

Jun 28, 2025

1 citations

European Spine Journal

Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

1.47

article

Comparable long-term pain and disability outcomes following decompression alone versus decompression with fusion in lumbar spinal stenosis patients with high-signal facet joints

Jeffrey A. Garrett, Gary A. Cameron, A Azzi, Akash Ranjan Singh, William Matthews, Richard Ferch

June 28, 2025article en

1 citations

Abstract

Both surgical approaches yielded significant improvements in pain and disability for patients with LSS. The findings suggest fusion may not be necessary for patients with high-signal facet joints absent additional instability markers, supporting a tailored approach to surgical decision-making.

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