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Clinical and Radiological Parameters Predict Functional Improvement following Surgical Intervention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), defined as "compression of the spinal cord in the cervical area of the spine", which ranges widely in severity and mechanism.
Sheehan, Erin
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Lumbar spinal stenosis: an update on the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common spinal disorder in the older population, and the clinical syndrome consisting of pain in the buttock or lower extremity, with or without low back pain and corresponding imaging findings of narrowing of spaces ...
Cao, Y   +9 more
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Posterior surgical approach procedures for cervical myelopathy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The main objective of this review is to assess the effects of laminectomy and fusion versus laminoplasty for multilevel cervical stenosis with myelopathy, on ...
Belloti, João Carlos   +6 more
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Current evidence for a modulation of low back pain by human genetic variants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The manifestation of chronic back pain depends on structural, psychosocial, occupational and genetic influences. Heritability estimates for back pain range from 30% to 45%. Genetic influences are caused by genes affecting intervertebral disc degeneration
Aberle   +200 more
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The diagnostic value of a treadmill test in predicting lumbar spinal stenosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a frequent indication for spinal surgery. The predictive quality of treadmill testing and MRI for diagnostic verification is not yet clearly defined.
Barz, Thomas   +7 more
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Functional outcomes after stabilization with Dynesys in patients with spinal degenerative diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Objective: To know the impact of the Dynesys system on the functional outcomes in patients with spinal degenerative diseases. Summary of background data: Dynesys system has been proposed as an alternative to vertebral fusion for several spinal ...
Ferrández Sempere, Diego   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Interspinous process device versus standard conventional surgical decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: Randomized controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Objective To assess whether interspinous process device implantation is more effective in the short term than conventional surgical decompression for patients with intermittent neurogenic claudication due to lumbar spinal stenosis.
Akker-van Marle, M.E. van den   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Risk Factors for Adverse Events and Reintervention after Surgery for Lumbar Spine Stenosis. A 10-Year Experience of Clinical Practice in a Third Level Hospital from Bogotá, Colombia

open access: yesGlobal Spine Journal, 2016
Introduction Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis is present in patients around 50 to 60 years old. It is the most common spinal surgical indication in patients over 65 years old.
Fernando Alvarado   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Verification Of Measurements Of Lumbar Spinal Dimensions In T1- And T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly used to assess patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. No single MRI sequence has been shown to be superior in spinal canal measurements.
Cheung, JPY, Cheung, KMC, Shigematsu, H
core   +1 more source

No drugs, more sex? And Rock’n Roll: effective non-operative treatments and practical management strategies for older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis

open access: yesChiropractic & Manual Therapies
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a growing problem among older adults, associated with significant disability and socio-economic burden. Neurogenic claudication is the most common clinical syndrome caused by LSS with pain being the predominant symptom and ...
Carlo Ammendolia
doaj   +1 more source

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