{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2000413678","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2011.12.004","title":"Is surgery more effective than non-surgical treatment for spinal stenosis, and which non-surgical treatment is more effective? A systematic review","display_name":"Is surgery more effective than non-surgical treatment for spinal stenosis, and which non-surgical treatment is more effective? A systematic review","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-04-16","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2000413678","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2011.12.004","mag":"2000413678","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23219644"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.physio.2011.12.004","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2011.12.004","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2011.12.004","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S111121700","display_name":"Physiotherapy","issn_l":"0031-9406","issn":["0031-9406","1873-1465"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-2","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Physiotherapy","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"review","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012833405","display_name":"Stephen May","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3748-9033","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3748-9033"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I71422933","display_name":"Sheffield Hallam University","ror":"https://ror.org/019wt1929","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71422933"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Stephen May","raw_affiliation_strings":["Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Campus, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK. s.may@shu.ac.uk","Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Campus, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Campus, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK. s.may@shu.ac.uk","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71422933"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Campus, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71422933"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043513907","display_name":"Christine M. Comer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9847-9408","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9847-9408"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130828816","display_name":"University of Leeds","ror":"https://ror.org/024mrxd33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130828816"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2799279645","display_name":"Chapel Allerton Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/00ng6k310","country_code":"GB","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799279645","https://openalex.org/I2799390153"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christine Comer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130828816","https://openalex.org/I2799279645"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5012833405"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71422933"],"apc_list":{"value":3480,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3480},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.85,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":52,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.62458472,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"99","issue":"1","first_page":"12","last_page":"20"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10238","display_name":"Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology","score":0.9330999851226807,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2734","display_name":"Pathology and Forensic Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10238","display_name":"Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology","score":0.9330999851226807,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2734","display_name":"Pathology and Forensic Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10084","display_name":"Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation","score":0.06120000034570694,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2736","display_name":"Pharmacology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11518","display_name":"Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy","score":0.0035000001080334187,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/spinal-stenosis","display_name":"spinal stenosis","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/surgical-decompression","display_name":"surgical decompression","score":0.8619999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/conservative-treatment","display_name":"conservative treatment","score":0.9760000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epidural-steroid-injection","display_name":"epidural steroid injection","score":0.8339999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/calcitonin","display_name":"calcitonin","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/treatment-effectiveness","display_name":"treatment effectiveness","score":0.5920000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pain-outcomes","display_name":"pain outcomes","score":0.5370000004768372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/functional-outcome","display_name":"functional outcome","score":0.9670000076293945}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.9387577772140503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141071460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40821","display_name":"Surgery","level":1,"score":0.6197457313537598},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781145037","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5011772","display_name":"CINAHL","level":3,"score":0.5930931568145752},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3019396726","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104748","display_name":"Conservative treatment","level":2,"score":0.5838884115219116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27415008","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7256382","display_name":"Psychological intervention","level":2,"score":0.551051676273346},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780904754","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104748","display_name":"Conservative management","level":2,"score":0.5472993850708008},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779480328","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1183684","display_name":"Decompression","level":2,"score":0.5328401327133179},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780175798","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1478321","display_name":"Spinal stenosis","level":3,"score":0.5205895900726318},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19648533","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q691640","display_name":"Evidence-based medicine","level":3,"score":0.488064169883728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779473830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1540899","display_name":"MEDLINE","level":2,"score":0.4549621045589447},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780007028","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2343082","display_name":"Stenosis","level":2,"score":0.41409575939178467},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204787440","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188504","display_name":"Alternative medicine","level":2,"score":0.12628871202468872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126838900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77604","display_name":"Radiology","level":1,"score":0.10273575782775879},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159110408","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121176","display_name":"Nursing","level":1,"score":0.08391472697257996},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44575665","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293405","display_name":"Lumbar","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010147","descriptor_name":"Pain Measurement","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010147","descriptor_name":"Pain Measurement","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010147","descriptor_name":"Pain Measurement","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010147","descriptor_name":"Pain Measurement","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013130","descriptor_name":"Spinal Stenosis","qualifier_ui":"Q000601","qualifier_name":"surgery","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013130","descriptor_name":"Spinal Stenosis","qualifier_ui":"Q000601","qualifier_name":"surgery","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013130","descriptor_name":"Spinal Stenosis","qualifier_ui":"Q000601","qualifier_name":"surgery","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013130","descriptor_name":"Spinal Stenosis","qualifier_ui":"Q000601","qualifier_name":"surgery","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013130","descriptor_name":"Spinal Stenosis","qualifier_ui":"Q000628","qualifier_name":"therapy","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013130","descriptor_name":"Spinal Stenosis","qualifier_ui":"Q000628","qualifier_name":"therapy","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013130","descriptor_name":"Spinal Stenosis","qualifier_ui":"Q000628","qualifier_name":"therapy","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013130","descriptor_name":"Spinal Stenosis","qualifier_ui":"Q000628","qualifier_name":"therapy","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019299","descriptor_name":"Decompression, Surgical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019299","descriptor_name":"Decompression, Surgical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019299","descriptor_name":"Decompression, Surgical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019299","descriptor_name":"Decompression, Surgical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019317","descriptor_name":"Evidence-Based Medicine","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019317","descriptor_name":"Evidence-Based Medicine","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019317","descriptor_name":"Evidence-Based Medicine","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019317","descriptor_name":"Evidence-Based Medicine","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D059408","descriptor_name":"Pain Management","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D059408","descriptor_name":"Pain Management","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D059408","descriptor_name":"Pain Management","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D059408","descriptor_name":"Pain Management","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.physio.2011.12.004","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2011.12.004","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2011.12.004","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S111121700","display_name":"Physiotherapy","issn_l":"0031-9406","issn":["0031-9406","1873-1465"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-2","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Physiotherapy","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:23219644","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23219644","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Physiotherapy","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:shura.shu.ac.uk:6976","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://shura.shu.ac.uk/6976/1/May_-_stenosis.pdf","pdf_url":"https://shura.shu.ac.uk/6976/1/May_-_stenosis.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401600","display_name":"SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I71422933","host_organization_name":"Sheffield Hallam University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71422933"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Good health and well-being","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","score":1.0}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Quality education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.4399999976158142}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Systematic Review","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/systematic-review"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":81,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W58704414","https://openalex.org/W60206060","https://openalex.org/W77235404","https://openalex.org/W103227559","https://openalex.org/W196849599","https://openalex.org/W1479845942","https://openalex.org/W1506424691","https://openalex.org/W1924732381","https://openalex.org/W1942088030","https://openalex.org/W1966964772","https://openalex.org/W1969065401","https://openalex.org/W1973677134","https://openalex.org/W1976411591","https://openalex.org/W1979512147","https://openalex.org/W1993590250","https://openalex.org/W1996156923","https://openalex.org/W2000076714","https://openalex.org/W2003619839","https://openalex.org/W2005673657","https://openalex.org/W2005706695","https://openalex.org/W2007387954","https://openalex.org/W2012830786","https://openalex.org/W2013687990","https://openalex.org/W2023693043","https://openalex.org/W2040475459","https://openalex.org/W2040979255","https://openalex.org/W2042047209","https://openalex.org/W2042060514","https://openalex.org/W2042833942","https://openalex.org/W2044539117","https://openalex.org/W2048523445","https://openalex.org/W2050889717","https://openalex.org/W2055351549","https://openalex.org/W2057665838","https://openalex.org/W2058297570","https://openalex.org/W2060091110","https://openalex.org/W2063168356","https://openalex.org/W2063890836","https://openalex.org/W2064296154","https://openalex.org/W2067248738","https://openalex.org/W2070070132","https://openalex.org/W2070280543","https://openalex.org/W2070791613","https://openalex.org/W2072913123","https://openalex.org/W2077668511","https://openalex.org/W2078383162","https://openalex.org/W2079826869","https://openalex.org/W2079917833","https://openalex.org/W2083156941","https://openalex.org/W2091212082","https://openalex.org/W2091742617","https://openalex.org/W2091915819","https://openalex.org/W2093638885","https://openalex.org/W2094288043","https://openalex.org/W2094834419","https://openalex.org/W2098487795","https://openalex.org/W2102968146","https://openalex.org/W2104833209","https://openalex.org/W2105845602","https://openalex.org/W2111212096","https://openalex.org/W2125548935","https://openalex.org/W2127818482","https://openalex.org/W2128410104","https://openalex.org/W2136658031","https://openalex.org/W2143655903","https://openalex.org/W2156941211","https://openalex.org/W2162875032","https://openalex.org/W2166802202","https://openalex.org/W2171434335","https://openalex.org/W2245502417","https://openalex.org/W2278526285","https://openalex.org/W2330000416","https://openalex.org/W2330363181","https://openalex.org/W2332159918","https://openalex.org/W2438165929","https://openalex.org/W2464629221","https://openalex.org/W2528250706","https://openalex.org/W3138206232","https://openalex.org/W4247637568","https://openalex.org/W4293010689","https://openalex.org/W7036966608"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2402876051","https://openalex.org/W2012440261","https://openalex.org/W3130371733","https://openalex.org/W2373536621","https://openalex.org/W4238247905","https://openalex.org/W2929767432","https://openalex.org/W2896221332","https://openalex.org/W4312323310","https://openalex.org/W1977933285","https://openalex.org/W1966704093"],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}