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Patient Decision Aid Summary

Title Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Should I Have Surgery?
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Audience Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis considering surgery.
Options included Have surgery to relieve your symptoms.
Don't have surgery. Try medicine, exercise, and/or physical therapy instead.
Year of last update or review 2022
Format Web, paper
Developer Healthwise
Where was it developed? www.healthwise.org
Healthwise
US
Health condition Spinal Stenosis
Language English
Based on 2025 IPDAS criteria (International Patient Decision Aid Standards) this patient decision aid (and/or supporting materials) meets:
7 out of 7 IPDAS Qualifying criteria to be defined as a patient decision aid
7 out of 7 IPDAS Essential criteria to lower the risk of making a biased decision
Not applicable: Other IPDAS Essential criteria for patient decision aids about screening or testing
View IPDAS criteria details.

Last modified: 2025-07-29.