Improving effect of microendoscopic decompression surgery on low back pain in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and predictive factors of postoperative residual low back pain: a single-center retrospective study

Microendoscopic decompression surgery had an ameliorating effect on LBP in lumbar spinal stenosis. Modic type 1 change, preoperative VAS for LBP, and female sex were predictors of postoperative residual LBP, which may be a useful index for surgical procedure selection.