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Preoperative spinal education for lumbar spinal stenosis: A feasibility study.
Authors
Eubanks JE, Cupler ZA, Gliedt JA, Bejarano G, Skolasky RL, Smeets RJEM, Schneider MJAbstract
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a leading cause of chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults. A common and costly intervention for the treatment of LSS is lumbar decompression with or without fusion (LSS surgery), which has mixed outcomes among patients. Prehabilitation is a strategy designed to optimize the consistency of positive surgical outcomes and promote patient self-efficacy, while attempting to mitigate postoperative complications. No efforts have investigated the prehabilitation strategies specifically for patients undergoing LSS surgery.