Assessing the real benefits of surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis without instability and spondylolisthesis: a single surgeon experience with a mean 8-year follow-up [PDF]
Background: The degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most commonly treated spinal disorders in older adults; despite its increasing frequency, it is not yet clear what the most effective therapy might be.
Caruso, Riccardo+6 more
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Walking Biomechanics and Spine Loading in Patients With Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis is a leading cause of pain and mobility limitation in older adults. It is clinically believed that patients with lumbar spinal stenosis adopt a flexed trunk posture or bend forward and alter their gait pattern to ...
Seyed Javad Mousavi+7 more
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Defining clinically relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large-scale magnetic resonance imaging study [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN: Case-control study. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to define clinically relevant relative and critical (absolute) magnetic resonance imaging values of lumbar spinal stenosis in a cohort of 100 surgical cases and 100 asymptomatic ...
Cheung, JPY+3 more
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Dynamic stabilization versus fusion for treatment of degenerative spine conditions. [PDF]
Study design Comparative effectiveness review.Study rationale Spinal fusion is believed to accelerate the degeneration of the vertebral segment above or below the fusion site, a condition called adjacent segment disease (ASD).
Chou, Dean+3 more
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A Review of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with Intermittent Neurogenic Claudication: Disease and Diagnosis
Objective Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a degenerative spinal condition affecting nearly 50% of patients presenting with lower back pain. The goal of this review is to present and summarize the current data on how LSS presents in various populations ...
T. Deer+5 more
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Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Resumo A estenose degenerativa do canal vertebral lombar é a causa mais frequente de dor lombar e/ou ciática no paciente idoso; sua epidemiologia, fisiopatogenia, manifestações e testes clínicos são revistos em ampla investigação bibliográfica atual.
Sergio Hennemann, M. R. de Abreu
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A Predictive Model for Assessment of Successful Outcome in Posterior Spinal Fusion Surgery [PDF]
Background: Low back pain is a common problem in many people. Neurosurgeons recommend posterior spinal fusion (PSF) surgery as one of the therapeutic strategies to the patients with low back pain.
Babaee, Mahsa+4 more
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“U”-fixation dynamic system application in the treatment of spinal canal stenosis on lumbar level
Retrospective analysis of 9 patients treatment results, which were operated for lumbar spinal stenosis are presented. Technical features and anatomical ground of “U”-fixation dynamic system application in the treatment of spinal canal stenosis
A. R. Garmish+3 more
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ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to elaborate the characteristics of paraspinal muscles in lower lumbar, to compare the differences of paraspinal muscle between patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and normal people and to explore the influencing ...
Wei Wang+7 more
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Is biportal technique/endoscopic spinal surgery satisfactory for lumbar spinal stenosis patients?
Background: Lumbar decompressive surgery is a standard surgical technique for lumbar spinal stenosis. Many new surgical techniques have been introduced, ranging from open surgery to minimally invasive procedures.
Taewook Kang+5 more
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