AIM A common cause of low back pain is lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). The Swiss Spinal Stenosis Score (SSS) is a well-known questionnaire that measures the severity of symptoms, physical functioning and patient's satisfaction in lumbar spinal stenosis. This study aimed to translate and validate the SSS in Iran. METHODS A prospective clinical validation study was performed. Forward-backward pro...

STUDY DESIGN A subanalysis study. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of multilevel lumbar stenosis with or without degenerative spondylolisthesis compared to single level disease on patients' baseline symptoms and clinical outcomes over time. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Previous studies have demonstrated better clinical outcomes with surgery than nonoperative tre...

Most surgery is designed to relieve compression of the spinal cord or spinal nerve roots. Reduction in the bore of the vertebral spinal or root canals (spinal stenosis) can occur in many conditions, and some patients have congenitally narrow canals. Osteophytic projections at the intervertebral joints (cervical spondylosis) are the commonest problem. Tumours, infection, trauma, disc protrusions...

Aim: The aim of our study; to investigate the location hypertrophy in epidural adipose tissue lumbar spinal stenosis clinic, compare area measurements canal and dural sac patients with a preliminary diagnosis or radiculopathy, determine place superior articular process measurement stenosis.
 Material Method: 180 aged 50-69 years who underwent Lumbar Magnetic Resonance Imaging were divided ...

Background & Aim: Surgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common practice. The aim of this study to was to report morbidity and mortality observed during surgical treatment of LSS and the outcome of these patients after management over an 8-year study period. Methods & Materials/Patients: It was a retrospective, descriptive and transversal study performed at Departmental Te...

Three cases of postoperative lumbar spinal canal stenosis due to anterior spinal fusion were reported. In these cases stenosis occurred at the adjacent intervertebral disc level of the fused segment a considerable time after anterior spinal fusion performed for spondvlolisthesis. At the stenotic level of the lumbar spinal canal, hypertrophy of the lamina, body spur formation in the articular pr...

Recently several authors have reported that diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) might provide a new understanding of sciatica. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical feasibility of DTI for the evaluation of lumbar spinal nerve of patients with sciatica associated with lumbar degenerative disorders. Thirty-four patients (25men, mean age63. 3years) with degenerated lumbar disease, 1...

Substantial data exist from cadaveric and magnetic resonance imaging studies regarding the position of the conus medullaris in normally developed adults. However, no large studies have documented the position of the conus medullaris in patients with diagnosed lumbar spinal stenosis. To goal of the current study was to determine the position of the conus medullaris within a living adult populati...

Address for Correspondence: C.S. Ramesh Babu, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, N.H-58, Opp. Begrajpur Industrial Area, Muzaffarnagar251203 (UP) India. Mobile: +919897249202 E-Mail: [email protected] Background: Spinal stenosis is defined as the narrowing of central spinal canal or its lateral recesses. Stenosis of spinal canal becomes important only when it resul...

Background: Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) is a rare neurological condition resulting from a hemisection injury to or unilateral compression on the spinal cord. The most common causes of BSS that are amenable to be treated surgically can be divided into traumatic and non-traumatic injuries. Traumatic injuries are often reported as the main cause of BSS. However, non-traumatic injuries of the spin...