TY - JOUR AU - Joaquim, Andrei Fernandes PY - 2017 TI - Multisegmental lumbar spinal stenosis—simple decompression is better? JF - AME Medical Journal; Vol 2 (March 2017): AME Medical Journal Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - Lumbar spinal stenosis (LS) is probably one of the most prevalent symptomatic spinal disease in older patients, with most of them requiring surgical treatment to relief their symptoms (1-3). Surgery objective is to decompress the nerve roots and, sometimes, stabilize the spine and/or restore the normal or near normal alignment (1-4). Additionally, there are some good evidences that surgery is better than conservative treatment to relief moderate and severe symptoms due to stenosis (5-8). Despite the trends in increasing the use of implants and reconstructive surgery, the vast majority of patients will have clinical improvement with simple nerve roots decompression (5-8). UR - https://amj.amegroups.org/article/view/3700