Algorithmic approach to the management of the patient with lumbar spinal stenosis

Terence P. Doorly, MD;

Associate Chief of Neurosurgery, The North Shore Medical Center, Salem, Massachusetts, Medical Director, Neurosurgery and Spine, The Musculoskeletal Center, Peabody, Massachusetts

Cheryl L. Lambing, MD;

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Ventura County Medical Center, Family Medicine Residency, Director, Family Care Center, Director, Osteoporosis Center, Ventura County, Ventura, California

Gerard A. Malanga, MD;

Clinical Professor, UMDNJ–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, Director, Pain Management, Overlook Pain Center, Summit, New Jersey

Philip M. Maurer, MD;

Director, Interventional Spine Program, Booth Bartolozzi Balderston Orthopaedics/PENN Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ralph F. Rashbaum, MD

Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Therapy, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Co-founder, Texas Back Institute, Lubbock, Texas