OBJECTIVE: to perform a prospective analysis of pain and disability in patients operated on lumbar spine stenosis two years after the procedure by means of VAS and Roland Morris scales. METHODS: thirty-eight patients answered questions before and after the surgery, within one-month, six-month, one-year and two-year analyses; decompression and artrodesis were performed. RESULTS: we observed a reduction in the numbers of VAS and Roland Morris scales in the comparisons with the initial values, with a tendency to stabilize with the follow-up. CONCLUSION: the surgical treatment of lumbar spine stenosis when correctly diagnosed (carefully indicated) improve pain and disability after two years of follow-up.
Pain measurement; Spinal stenosis; Postoperative complications; Lumbosacral region
