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ECRI Health Technology Assessment Group. Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2001 Jun. (Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 32.)
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ACR: American College of Radiology
ADL: Activities of daily living
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AO: Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Osteosynthesefragen
AP: Anteroposterior
BESD: Binomial effect size display
CAR: Canadian Association of Radiologists
CAT: Computerized axial tomography
CI: Confidence interval
CL: Confidence limit
CT: Computed tomography
df: Degree(s) of freedom
EPC: Evidence-based Practice Center
HCFA: Health Care Financing Administration (now Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
HCUP: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
JOA: Japanese Orthopedic Association
LSS: Lumbar spinal stenosis
MECQA: Medical Cost and Quality Assistance
MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging
NAMCS: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NS: Nonsignificant
NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
NSN: National Spine Network
QOL: Quality of life
RCT: Randomized controlled trial
SD: Standard deviation
SWDL: Standard wide decompressive laminectomy
TENS: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
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