[Rigid transpedicular fusion surgery in the treatment of degenerative lumbar stenosis].

Objective: To compare an effectiveness of different methods of rigid transpedicular fixation and decompression in patients with degenerative lumbar stenosis.

Material And Methods: A prospective study included 160 patients with degenerative lumbar spine stenosis. In the first group (=37), patients underwent laminectomy and transpedicular fixation, in the second group (=60) - laminectomy, transpedicular fixation and implantation of interbody fusion cage.