Preoperative MRI Findings Predict Two-Year Postoperative Clinical Outcome in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

• Pekka Kuittinen ,

  * E-mail: pekkaku@student.uef.fi

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Petri Sipola,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland and Unit of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Ville Leinonen,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland and Unit of Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Tapani Saari,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

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• Sanna Sinikallio,

  Affiliation Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Sakari Savolainen,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

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• Heikki Kröger,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kuopio University Hospital and Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Veli Turunen,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

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• Olavi Airaksinen,

  Affiliation Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

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• Timo Aalto

  Affiliation Health Center Ikioma OY, Mikkeli, Finland

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