Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is primarily found in an older population. This is a similar demographic group that develops both osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures (VCF). This report reviewed a series of patients treated for VCF that had previous lumbar surgery for symptomatic spinal stenosis. Patients that only underwent laminectomy or fusion without instrumentation had a similar d...

This study aimed to evaluate the safety and curative effect of percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar spinal canal decompression in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.This retrospective study recruited 64 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis who underwent percutaneous endoscopic lumbar spinal canal decompression via surgical approach of posterolateral intervertebral foramen. The pos...

We present an unusual case of a primary lumbar disk-space mass that presumably developed secondary to a chronic hyperextension spinal fracture associated with spinal stenosis. This injury resulted in the appearance of a lumbar intervertebral disk-space mass or pseudotumor. The pseudotumor most likely resulted from a prior spinal fracture, leading to a fused hyperextension deformity in a patient...

VOL. 76-B, No. 4, JULY i994 Decompression laminectomy at L4 to Ii was performed in January 1993. The ligamentum flavum was severely thickened and the epidural space contained a white toothpaste-like material. The patient was relieved of her symptoms immediately after the operation. Tissue obtained from the spinal canal revealed crystals typical of calcium pyrophosphate when viewed by polarised ...

INTRODUCTION Denervation of the paraspinal muscles in spinal disorders is frequently attributed to radiculopathy. Therefore, patients with lumbar spinal stenosis causing asymmetrical symptoms should have asymmetrical paraspinal denervation. METHODS Seventy-three patients with clinical lumbar spinal stenosis, aged 55-85 years, completed a pain drawing and underwent masked electrodiagnostic tes...

Background: The incidence of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal canal stenosis is low. It difficult to identify the main focus responsible segment, it also select sequence staging surgery. We report a patient with triple stenosis. Case Presentation: In this paper, we introduced 61-year-old female who had previously undergone “lumbar discectomy” in outer hospital. postoperative effect was not ...

BACKGROUND Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most frequent reason for spinal surgery in elderly people. For patients with moderate or severe symptoms different conservative and surgical treatment modalities are recommended, but knowledge about the effectiveness, in particular of the conservative treatments, is scarce. There is some evidence that surgery improves outcome in about two thirds of the p...