PURPOSE We investigated types and prevalence of coexisting lesions found on whole spine sagittal T2-weighted images (WSST2I) acquired from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and evaluated their clinical significance in surgical degenerative spinal diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS Coexisting spinal lesions were investigated using WSST2I from 306 consecutive patients with surgical degenerative spi...

Introduction Low-back pain causes sleep disorders, which impairs the quality of life (QOL) patients. Sleep disorders are associated with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS); however, postoperative effects LSS surgery on unknown. This study aimed to assess in patients using wearable activity trackers and determine whether improves quality.

Adult degenerative scoliosis associated with lumbar stenosis has become a common issue in the elderly population. But its surgical management is on debating. The main issue condenses on the management priority of scoliosis or stenosis. This study is to investigate surgical management strategy and outcome of adult degenerative scoliosis associated with lumbar stenosis. Between January 2003 and D...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. PURPOSE To examine the effectiveness of using an electrodiagnostic technique as a new approach in the clinical diagnosis of extraforaminal stenosis at L5-S1. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE We introduced a new effective approach to the diagnosis of extraforaminal stenosis at the lumbosacral junction using the existing electrophysiological evaluation technique. M...

Degeneration of the intervertebral disc results in initial relative instability, hypermobility, and hypertrophy of the facet joints, particularly at the superior articular process. This finally leads to a reduction of the spinal canal dimensions and compression of the neural elements, which can result in neurogenic intermittent claudication caused by venous congestion and arterial hypertension ...

Lumbosacral degenerative disc disease is a common cause of lower back and leg pain. Conventional T1-weighted imaging (T1WI) and T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) scans are commonly used to image spinal cord degeneration. However, these modalities are unable to image the entire lumbosacral spinal nerve roots. Thus, in the present study, we assessed the potential of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for qu...

Internal fixation of traumatic spinal injuries has been associated with spinal canal stenosis, spinal cord compression, and nerve root impingement. We present a case of spinal cord/cauda equina compression due to migration of intact, anchored thoracolumbar Luque rods into the spinal canal through a laminectomy defect, leading to neurologic complications 10 years after the original operation.

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the first indication of lumbar surgery in the population over 65 years in the USA, according to the North American Spine Society. Degenerative aetiology is the most common, and as the elderly population grows, this pathology will increase in prevalence. The natural history of LSS shows that there is no need for surgery unless symptoms clearly progress or the clin...