@entity2649 is a common condition and the most usual indication for spinal surgery in adult @entity1 . The main objective of this study was to investigate clinical outcomes, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and satisfaction among @entity1 with a diagnosed @entity2649 who were surgically treated, and whether these outcomes differed according to gender and age. Surgery was performed on 100 @entity1 with clinical and radiological @entity2649 . All @entity1 completed questionnaires twice before surgery and at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 1 year postoperatively. Main outcomes were symptoms, physical function and @entity1 satisfaction assessed by the Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire and HRQoL by the Short Form 36 health survey (SF36). There were large improvements in all clinical outcomes and in the physical subscales of the SF36. A marked reduction of average 32.3% was seen in symptoms already at 6 weeks follow-up. Physical function had improved with an average of 29.8% at 1-year follow-up. There was no statistical significant effect of age and gender on symptoms and physical function. @entity1 more than 65 years were significantly less satisfied at the 1-year follow-up as compared to the younger @entity1 (p=0.012). This study showed that the majority of @entity1 improved significantly in symptoms, physical function and physical HRQoL after surgery for @entity2649 , regardless of age and gender. Age showed to be closely connected to satisfaction.

Prognosis of surgical treatment for XXXX : a prospective cohort study of clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life across gender and age groups.

@entity2649 :: ('MESH:C563613', 'Disease') :: ['degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis', 'Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis', 'defined lumbar spinal stenosis', 'lumbar spinal stenosis'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient']
@entity2649 :: (MESH:C563613,Disease) :: ['degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis']
