NDLI: Evaluating the x stop interspinous process decompression system for the treatment of neurogenic intermittent claudication two-year follow-up results.

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Author	Dwyer, James W. Puccio, Stephen T. Md, Joseph C. Cauthen Ozuna, Richard M.
Abstract	multicenter trial comparing the outcomes of neurogenic intermittent claudication (NIC) patients treated with the interspinous process decompression system (X STOP) with patients treated nonoperatively. Objective. To determine the safety and efficacy of the X STOP interspinous implant. Summary of Background Data. Patients suffering from NIC secondary to lumbar spinal stenosis have been lim-ited to a choice between nonoperative therapies and de-compressive surgical procedures, with or without fusion. The X STOP was developed to provide an alternative therapeutic treatment. Methods. 191 patients were treated, 100 in the X STOP group and 91 in the control group. The primary outcomes measure was the Zurich Claudication Questionnaire, a
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Subject Keyword	Stop Interspinous Process Decompression System Neurogenic Intermittent Claudication Background Data Primary Outcome Measure Multicenter Trial De-compressive Surgical Procedure Stop Interspinous Implant Nonoperative Therapy Alternative Therapeutic Treatment Zurich Claudication Questionnaire Stop Group Spinal Stenosis Interspinous Process Decompression System Control Group
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