Can preoperative visual analogue scale chart patterns predict surgical outcomes in older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis? A two-center retrospective study.
This study demonstrated the potential clinical utility of the preoperative VAS chart in predicting surgical improvement in older patients with LSS. Patients with equal preoperative VAS scores for LP, PL, and NL were more likely to have favorable surgical outcomes, while those with the highest preoperative scores for LP or NL were at higher risk for poor outcomes.
Authors
- Kurenai Hachiya
- Kohei Shibata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1303-5395)
- Yuki Akaike
- Takaya Imai
- Soya Kawabata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3903-1122)
- Sota Nagai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6782-1725)
- Yukio Nakajima
- Atsushi Yoshioka
- Takehiro Michikawa
- Nobuyuki Fujita
- Yudo Hachiya
- Shinjiro Kaneko
- Hiroki Takeda
Institutions
- Toho University (JP)
- Fujita Health University (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.20407/fmj.2025-015
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00