Two-Year Outcomes of Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Lumbar Decompression with or without Interlaminar Stabilization

ISASS Recommendations/Coverage Criteria for Decompression with Interlaminar Stabilization - Coverage Indications, Limitations, and/or Medical Necessity

“…Raushmann et al 13 have recently completed a prospective, randomized, multi-center Level 1 clinical trial comparing decompression alone (DA) to D+ILS at 24-months in a 1:1 randomization of 230 patients. Patients must have failed 3 months of conservative treatment, be greater than 40 years old, report Visual Analog Scale (VAS) back pain ≥ 50, and have radiographically confirmed degenerative spinal stenosis.…”