Degenerative lumbar stenosis: update
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Degenerative lumbar stenosis: update.
We present a literature review of the diagnosis and treatment of acquired lumbar spinal stenosis (LS), with a brief description of new surgical techniques. LS is the most common cause of spinal surgery in individuals older than 65 years of age. Neurogenic claudication and radiculopathy result from compression of the cauda equina and lumbosacral nerve roots by degenerated spinal elements. Surgic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2009000300039