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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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Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

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Selected Acronyms Used in This Report

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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