Publications by authors named "Ingrid Fjeldheim Banerud"
Purpose: The short-term clinical outcome for midline-preserving posterior decompression techniques was comparable. The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term clinical results after three different midline-preserving posterior decompression techniques.
Material: In the NORDSTEN spinal stenosis trial (NORDSTEN-SST) 437 patients were randomized to three different midline-retaining posterior decompression techniques: Unilateral laminotomy with crossover (UL), bilateral laminotomy (BL) and spinous process osteotomy (SPO).
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate how well the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Zürich Claudication Questionnaire (ZCQ) measure success in patients treated surgically for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
- It involved 601 patients and assessed the responsiveness of the ODI and ZCQ using different methods, comparing patient outcomes over a two-year period.
- The findings showed that both questionnaires were highly responsive, with a notable 30% relative change in ODI indicating successful treatment in 81% of patients.
Purpose: To provide an overview of the The Norwegian Degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis (NORDSTEN)-study and the organizational structure, and to evaluate the study population.
Methods: The NORDSTEN is a multicentre study with 10 year follow-up, conducted at 18 public hospitals. NORDSTEN includes three studies: (1) The randomized spinal stenosis trial comparing the impact of three different decompression techniques; (2) the randomized degenerative spondylolisthesis trial investigating whether decompression surgery alone is as good as decompression with instrumented fusion; (3) the observational cohort tracking the natural course of LSS in patients without planned surgical treatment.