background: the present study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of dynamic interspinous spacer (coflex®) and static spacer (x-stop ®) compared to laminectomy (lami) in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.   methods: a decision-analysis model was developed to estimate the cost-effectiveness. the effectiveness parameters were obtained from a systematic literature review in relevant databas...

Background: The purpose of this study was validation of the Persian translation of the Swiss Spinal StenosisQuestionnaire in order to be used by Iranian researchers.Methods: A total of 104 patients with spinal stenosis diagnosis, who were candidates for operative treatment wereentered into the study. The patients completed the translated questionnaire in the 1st and the 7th days of admissionand...

in this study to determine whether spine stiffness is predictive of clinical results after lumbar spinal fusion for spinal stenosis, a total of 78 patients were measured intraoperatively with kocher clamp manual distraction technique to determine motion segment stiffness then spinal fusion was performed for any loose segment. ‎statistical analysis revealed that stiffness measurement correlate w...

STUDY DESIGN Population-based retrospective descriptive study. OBJECTIVE To describe the number and therapeutic profile of patients with spinal stenosis at a large-scale community level using health insurance claims data. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA A few reports have documented the prevalence of spinal stenosis, and no report has described the therapeutic profile for spinal stenosis in a po...

Introduction Lumbar spinal stenosis is narrowing of the central spinal canal, lateral recess or the neural foramen. After initial recognition of spinal stenosis in 1802, a gradual understanding evolved over the next 150 years.1-4 Harris and Macnab described the importance of disc degeneration in the pathogenesis of stenosis.5 Macnab highlighted the lateral recess beneath the posterior facet joi...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the effectiveness of core stability exercises correlates with the severity of spinal stenosis in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. METHODS Forty-two patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis treated in the department of orthopedics of our hospital between May 2013 and January 2016 were included in the study. All the patients performed co...

STUDY DESIGN The clinical relationship between the local pressure of the intervertebral foramen and the clinical findings in lumbar spinal canal stenosis were evaluated. OBJECTIVE To investigate the pathogenesis of neurogenic intermittent claudication in lumbar spinal canal stenosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The genesis of neurogenic intermittent claudication is generally considered to re...

Spinal stenosis may rarely involve both cervical and lumbar spines. An alternative surgical strategy used for the treatment of combined cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis is presented. Two cases with symptomatic combined stenosis of the cervical and lumbar spinal canal are described. Simultaneous surgery was performed in both cases. The combined stenosis of the cervical and lumbar spinal canal...