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I have been thinking of having this procedure done for severe spinal stenosis and I am not a candidate for major back surgery and I was curious if anyone had this done.....https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/products/indirect-decompression-system/superion-indirect-decompression-system.html

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12 hours ago, LIguy said:

I have been thinking of having this procedure done for severe spinal stenosis and I am not a candidate for major back surgery and I was curious if anyone had this done.....https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/products/indirect-decompression-system/superion-indirect-decompression-system.html

I think it'd be wisest to rely on science, rather than testimonials when weighing in on your decision. This appears to be the major study which got this device approved:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28919727/

"At 5 years, 84% of patients (74 of 88) demonstrated clinical success on at least two of three ZCQ domains. Individual ZCQ domain success rates were 75% (66 of 88), 81% (71 of 88), and 90% (79 of 88) for ZCQss, ZCQpf, and ZCQps, respectively. Leg and back pain success rates were 80% (68 of 85) and 65% (55 of 85), respectively, and the success rate for ODI was 65% (57 of 88). Percentage improvements over baseline were 42%, 39%, 75%, 66%, and 58% for ZCQss, ZCQpf, leg and back pain VAS, and ODI, respectively (all P<0.001). Within-group effect sizes were classified as very large for four of five clinical outcomes (ie, >1.0; all P<0.0001). Seventy-five percent of IPD patients were free from reoperation, revision, or supplemental fixation at their index level at 5 years..."

This article summarizes the major options for spinal stenosis treatment:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179593/

The study used to advance the device you're considering was pretty small, but most fared well (for 5 years). ZCQss refers to symptom severity, pf to performance, and ps to patient satisfaction. Another factor to keep in mind is that this success was for the surgeons involved in that study--not necessarily your specialist in particular. 

Edited December 2, 2022 by Unicorn