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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
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From: Decompressive laminectomy with instrumented posterolateral fusion for degenerative lumbar disease in elderly, is it safe and beneficial?

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Seventy-three-year-old male patient, diabetic and had ischemic heart disease presented with low back pain for 3 years that increased in last year, with bilateral lower limb neurogenic claudication and radiculopathy who failed conservative treatment and thus indicated for surgery. He underwent 5 levels of decompression and instrumented fusion. He had no intra- or postoperative complications or disturbed comorbidity. He had improved VAS score from 7 to 1 and ODI from 53 to 6. a, b MRI T2WI sagittal and axial views through L2,3 to L5, S1 showing severe LCS and foraminal stenosis. c Preoperative X-ray, AP and lateral views. d Postoperative X-ray, AP and lateral views

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