Table 1.
100 Top-Cited Articles on Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS).
| Rank | First author | Title | Journal | Total citations | Year | Average citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairbank, JC | The Oswestry Disability Index | Spine | 2162 | 2000 | 108.1 |
| 2 | Chou, R | Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: A joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society | Annals of Internal Medicine | 1590 | 2007 | 122.3 |
| 3 | Deyo, RA | Primary care—Low back pain | New England Journal of Medicine | 1037 | 2001 | 54.6 |
| 4 | Roland, M | The Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire | Spine | 940 | 2000 | 47 |
| 5 | Deyo, RA | Trends, major medical complications, and charges associated with surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis in older adults | JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association | 648 | 2010 | 64.8 |
| 6 | Weinstein, JN | Surgical versus nonsurgical therapy for lumbar spinal stenosis | New England Journal of Medicine | 555 | 2008 | 46.3 |
| 7 | Angst, F | Smallest detectable and minimal clinically important differences of rehabilitation intervention with their implications for required sample sizes using WOMAC and SF-36 quality of life measurement instruments in patients with osteoarthritis of the lower extremities | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 404 | 2001 | 21.3 |
| 8 | Amundsen, T | Lumbar spinal stenosis: conservative or surgical management? A prospective 10-year study | Spine | 366 | 2000 | 18.3 |
| 9 | Jarvik, JG | Diagnostic evaluation of low back pain with emphasis on imaging | Annals of Internal Medicine | 336 | 2002 | 18.7 |
| 10 | Atlas, SJ | Long-term outcomes of surgical and nonsurgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis: 8 to 10 year results from the Maine Lumbar Spine Study | Spine | 327 | 2005 | 21.8 |
| 11 | Delitto, A | Low back pain clinical practice guidelines linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health from the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association | Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy | 326 | 2012 | 40.8 |
| 12 | Manchikanti, L | Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain | Pain Physician | 308 | 2009 | 28 |
| 13 | Malmivaara, A | Surgical or nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis? A randomized controlled trial | Spine | 282 | 2007 | 21.7 |
| 14 | Weinstein, JN | Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis: four-year results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial | Spine | 253 | 2010 | 25.3 |
| 15 | Zucherman, JF | A multicenter, prospective, randomized trial evaluating the X STOP interspinous process decompression system for the treatment of neurogenic intermittent claudication—two-year follow-up results | Spine | 253 | 2005 | 16.9 |
| 16 | Kalichman, L | Spinal stenosis prevalence and association with symptoms: the Framingham Study | Spine Journal | 246 | 2009 | 22.4 |
| 17 | Chou, R | Surgery for low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guideline | Spine | 240 | 2009 | 21.8 |
| 18 | Atlas, SJ | Surgical and nonsurgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis - Four-year outcomes from the Maine lumbar spine study | Spine | 234 | 2000 | 11.7 |
| 19 | Friedly, J | Increases in lumbosacral injections in the Medicare population—1994 to 2001 | Spine | 215 | 2007 | 16.5 |
| 20 | Katz, JN | Lumbar spinal stenosis | New England Journal of Medicine | 211 | 2008 | 17.6 |
| 21 | Forsth, P | A randomized, controlled trial of fusion surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis | New England Journal of Medicine | 210 | 2016 | 52.5 |
| 22 | Ghogawala, Z | Laminectomy plus fusion versus laminectomy alone for lumbar spondylolisthesis | New England Journal of Medicine | 193 | 2016 | 48.3 |
| 23 | Thome, C | Outcome after less-invasive decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomized comparison of unilateral laminotomy, bilateral laminotomy, and laminectomy | Journal of Neurosurgery–Spine | 193 | 2005 | 12.9 |
| 24 | Fritz, JM | Subgrouping patients with low back pain: evolution of a classification approach to physical therapy | Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy | 192 | 2007 | 14.8 |
| 25 | Angst, F | Minimal clinically important rehabilitation effects in patients with osteoarthritis of the lower extremities | Journal of Rheumatology | 185 | 2002 | 10.3 |
| 26 | Zheng, FY | Factors predicting hospital stay, operative time, blood loss, and transfusion in patients undergoing revision posterior lumbar spine decompression, fusion, and segmental instrumentation | Spine | 180 | 2002 | 10 |
| 27 | Zucherman, JF | A prospective randomized multi-center study for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with the X STOP interspinous implant: 1-year results | European Spine Journal | 174 | 2004 | 10.9 |
| 28 | Schizas, C | Qualitative grading of severity of lumbar spinal stenosis based on the morphology of the dural sac on magnetic resonance images | Spine | 166 | 2010 | 16.6 |
| 29 | Conn, A | Systematic review of caudal epidural injections in the management of chronic low back pain | Pain Physician | 163 | 2009 | 14.8 |
| 30 | Yakut, E | Validation of the Turkish version of the Oswestry Disability Index for patients with low back pain | Spine | 155 | 2004 | 9.7 |
| 31 | Friedly, JL | A randomized trial of epidural glucocorticoid injections for spinal stenosis | New England Journal of Medicine | 151 | 2014 | 25.2 |
| 32 | Aalto, TJ | Preoperative predictors for postoperative clinical outcome in lumbar spinal stenosis—systematic review | Spine | 143 | 2006 | 10.2 |
| 33 | Pratt, RK | The reliability of the Shuttle Walking Test, the Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire, the Oxford Spinal Stenosis Score, and the Oswestry Disability Index in the assessment of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis | Spine | 143 | 2002 | 7.9 |
| 34 | Jansson, KA | Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) before and one year after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery–British Volume | 142 | 2009 | 12.9 |
| 35 | Fritz, JM | The use of a classification approach to identify subgroups of patients with acute low back pain - Interrater reliability and short-term treatment outcomes | Spine | 142 | 2000 | 7.1 |
| 36 | Iguchi, T | Minimum 10-year outcome of decompressive laminectomy for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis | Spine | 141 | 2000 | 7.1 |
| 37 | Manchikanti, L | Comprehensive review of therapeutic interventions in managing chronic spinal pain | Pain Physician | 138 | 2009 | 12.5 |
| 38 | Kovacs, FM | Surgery versus conservative treatment for symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials | Spine | 135 | 2011 | 15 |
| 39 | Richards, JC | The treatment mechanism of an interspinous process implant for lumbar neurogenic intermittent claudication | Spine | 133 | 2005 | 8.9 |
| 40 | Wilke, HJ | Biomechanical effect of different lumbar interspinous implants on flexibility and intradiscal pressure | European Spine Journal | 132 | 2008 | 11 |
| 41 | Genevay, S | Lumbar spinal stenosis | Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology | 131 | 2010 | 13.1 |
| 42 | Deyo, RA | Involving patients in clinical decisions—impact of an interactive video program on use of back surgery | Medical Care | 131 | 2000 | 6.6 |
| 43 | Manchikanti, L | Preliminary results of a randomized, equivalence trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in managing chronic low back pain: Part 4—spinal stenosis | Pain Physician | 129 | 2008 | 10.8 |
| 44 | Atlas, SJ | Evaluating and managing acute low back pain in the primary care setting | Journal of General Internal Medicine | 129 | 2001 | 6.8 |
| 45 | Kreiner, DS | An evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (update) | Spine Journal | 127 | 2013 | 18.1 |
| 46 | Schnake, KJ | Dynamic stabilization in addition to decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis | Spine | 126 | 2006 | 9 |
| 47 | Grotle, M | Functional status and disability questionnaires: what do they assess? A systematic review of back-specific outcome questionnaires | Spine | 126 | 2005 | 8.4 |
| 48 | Ragab, AA | Surgery of the lumbar spine for spinal stenosis in 118 patients 70 years of age or older | Spine | 124 | 2003 | 7.3 |
| 49 | Fritz, JM | Examining diagnostic tests: an evidence-based perspective | Physical Therapy | 123 | 2001 | 6.5 |
| 50 | Sirvanci, M | Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: Correlation with Oswestry Disability Index and MR imaging | European Spine Journal | 119 | 2008 | 9.9 |
| 51 | Botwin, KP | Fluoroscopically guided lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in degenerative lumbar stenosis—an outcome study | American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 118 | 2002 | 6.6 |
| 52 | Botwin, KP | Complications of fluoroscopically guided transforaminal lumbar epidural injections | Archives of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation | 118 | 2000 | 5.9 |
| 53 | Sengupta, DK | Degenerative spondylolisthesis—review of current trends and controversies | Spine | 116 | 2005 | 7.7 |
| 54 | Schaeren, S | Minimum four-year follow-up of spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis treated with decompression and dynamic stabilization | Spine | 110 | 2008 | 9.2 |
| 55 | Rosen, DS | Minimally invasive lumbar spinal decompression in the elderly: Outcomes of 50 patients aged 75 years and older | Neurosurgery | 107 | 2007 | 8.2 |
| 56 | Whitman, JM | A comparison between two physical therapy treatment programs for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis - A randomized clinical trial | Spine | 105 | 2006 | 7.5 |
| 57 | Simotas, AC | Nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis—clinical and outcome results and a 3-year survivorship analysis | Spine | 102 | 2000 | 5.1 |
| 58 | Watters, WC | Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: an evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis | Spine Journal | 101 | 2008 | 8.4 |
| 59 | Palmer, S | Bilateral decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis involving a unilateral approach with microscope and tubular retractor system | Journal of Neurosurgery | 101 | 2002 | 5.6 |
| 60 | Bae, HW | Nationwide trends in the surgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis | Spine | 100 | 2013 | 14.3 |
| 61 | Mannion, AF | Predictors of surgical outcome and their assessment | European Spine Journal | 99 | 2006 | 7.1 |
| 62 | Koc, Z | Effectiveness of physical therapy and epidural steroid injections in lumbar spinal stenosis | Spine | 95 | 2009 | 8.6 |
| 63 | Ghogawala, Z | Prospective outcomes evaluation after decompression with or without instrumented fusion for lumbar stenosis and degenerative Grade I spondylolisthesis | Journal of Neurosurgery–Spine | 95 | 2004 | 5.9 |
| 64 | Verhoof, OJ | High failure rate of the interspinous distraction device (X-STOP) for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis caused by degenerative spondylolisthesis | European Spine Journal | 94 | 2008 | 7.8 |
| 65 | Kondrashov, DG | Interspinous process decompression with the X-STOP device for lumbar spinal stenosis: a 4-year follow-up study | Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques | 93 | 2006 | 6.6 |
| 66 | Noponen-Hietala, N | Sequence variations in the collagen IX and XI genes are associated with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 90 | 2003 | 5.3 |
| 67 | Steurer, J | Quantitative radiologic criteria for the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis: a systematic literature review | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | 88 | 2011 | 9.8 |
| 68 | Suri, P | Does this older adult with lower extremity pain have the clinical syndrome of lumbar spinal stenosis? | JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association | 88 | 2010 | 8.8 |
| 69 | Rahman, M | Comparison of techniques for decompressive lumbar laminectomy: the minimally invasive versus the “classic” open approach | Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery | 88 | 2008 | 7.3 |
| 70 | Haig, AJ | Electromyographic and magnetic resonance imaging to predict lumbar stenosis, low-back pain, and no back symptoms | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery–American Volume | 87 | 2007 | 6.7 |
| 71 | Manchikanti, L | The preliminary results of a comparative effectiveness evaluation of adhesiolysis and caudal epidural injections in managing chronic low back pain secondary to spinal stenosis: a randomized, equivalence controlled trial | Pain Physician | 86 | 2009 | 7.8 |
| 72 | Lurie, JD | Reliability of readings of magnetic resonance imaging features of lumbar spinal stenosis | Spine | 86 | 2008 | 7.2 |
| 73 | Goel, A | Facetal distraction as treatment for single- and multilevel cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and myelopathy: a preliminary report. Technical note | Journal of Neurosurgery–Spine | 85 | 2011 | 9.4 |
| 74 | Ikuta, K | Short-term results of microendoscopic posterior decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis. Technical note | Journal of Neurosurgery–Spine | 85 | 2005 | 5.7 |
| 75 | Toyone, T | Patients’ expectations and satisfaction in lumbar spine surgery | Spine | 83 | 2005 | 5.5 |
| 76 | Dai, LY | Single-level instrumented posterolateral fusion of lumbar spine with beta-tricalcium phosphate versus autograft - A prospective, randomized study with 3-year follow-up | Spine | 80 | 2008 | 6.7 |
| 77 | Knutsson, B | Obesity is associated with inferior results after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis | Spine | 79 | 2013 | 11.3 |
| 78 | Parr, AT | Caudal epidural injections in the management of chronic low back pain: a systematic appraisal of the literature | Pain Physician | 78 | 2012 | 9.8 |
| 79 | Cavusoglu, H | Midterm outcome after unilateral approach for bilateral decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis: 5-year prospective study | European Spine Journal | 78 | 2007 | 6 |
| 80 | Costa, F | Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: analysis of results in a series of 374 patients treated with unilateral laminotomy for bilateral microdecompression | Journal of Neurosurgery–Spine | 78 | 2007 | 6 |
| 81 | Borenstein, DG | Epidemiology, etiology, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of low back pain | Current Opinion in Rheumatology | 78 | 2001 | 4.1 |
| 82 | Manchikanti, L | Results of 2-year follow-up of a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in central spinal stenosis | Pain Physician | 77 | 2012 | 9.6 |
| 83 | Lee, JB | An interspinous process distractor (X STOP) for lumbar spinal stenosis in elderly patients—preliminary experiences in 10 consecutive cases | Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques | 76 | 2004 | 4.8 |
| 84 | Oertel, MF | Long-term results of microsurgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis by unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression | Neurosurgery | 75 | 2006 | 5.4 |
| 85 | Atlas, SJ | Spinal stenosis—surgical versus nonsurgical treatment | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 75 | 2006 | 5.4 |
| 86 | Christie, SD | Dynamic interspinous process technology | Spine | 75 | 2005 | 5 |
| 87 | Korovessis, P | Rigid, semirigid versus dynamic instrumentation for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: a correlative radiological and clinical analysis of short-term results | Spine | 75 | 2004 | 4.7 |
| 88 | Sanden, B | Smokers show less improvement than nonsmokers two years after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: a study of 4555 patients from the Swedish Spine Register | Spine | 74 | 2011 | 8.2 |
| 89 | Sobottke, R | Interspinous implants (X STOPÒ, WallisÒ, DiamÒ) for the treatment of LSS: is there a correlation between radiological parameters and clinical outcome? | European Spine Journal | 74 | 2009 | 6.7 |
| 90 | Pao, JL | Clinical outcomes of microendoscopic decompressive laminotomy for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis | European Spine Journal | 74 | 2009 | 6.7 |
| 91 | de Graaf, I | Diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis: A systematic review of the accuracy of diagnostic tests | Spine | 74 | 2006 | 5.3 |
| 92 | Delport, EG | Treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with epidural steroid injections: a retrospective outcome study | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 74 | 2004 | 4.6 |
| 93 | Szpalski, M | Lumbar spinal stenosis in the elderly: an overview | European Spine Journal | 74 | 2003 | 4.4 |
| 94 | Fisher, MA | Electrophysiology of radiculopathies | Clinical Neurophysiology | 74 | 2002 | 4.1 |
| 95 | Siebert, E | Lumbar spinal stenosis: syndrome, diagnostics and treatment | Nature Reviews Neurology | 73 | 2009 | 6.6 |
| 96 | Siddiqui, M | One-year results of X STOP interspinous implant for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis | Spine | 73 | 2007 | 5.6 |
| 97 | Sengupta, DK | Lumbar spinal stenosis: treatment strategies and indications for surgery | Orthopedic Clinics of North America | 72 | 2003 | 4.2 |
| 98 | Benoist, M | The natural history of lumbar degenerative spinal stenosis | Joint Bone Spine | 72 | 2002 | 4 |
| 99 | Manchikanti, L | Lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in central spinal stenosis: preliminary results of a randomized, double-blind, active control trial | Pain Physician | 71 | 2012 | 8.9 |
| 100 | Podichetty, VK | Complications associated with minimally invasive decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis | Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques | 71 | 2006 | 5.1 |