Trends of Surgical Service Utilization for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in South Korea: A 10-Year (2010-2019) Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service-National Patient Sample Data.

A systemic review reported that the prevalence of LSS would be approximately 11% in the general population [ 4 ], and similar prevalence levels were also reported in Europe and the United States (U.S.) [ 4 , 5 ] While the prevalence of LSS in Korea has not been accurately estimated [ 6 ], a population-based cohort study in Japan reported that symptomatic LSS was present in approximately 10% of people with an increasing trend depending on age [ 7 ].

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