BACKGROUND Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the common term used to describe patients with symptoms related to the anatomical reduction of the lumbar spinal canal size. However, some subjects may have a markedly narrowed canal without any symptoms. This raises the question of what is the actual role of central canal stenosis in symptomatic patients. The purpose of this study was to compare radio...

To assess the normal dimensions of the lumbar spinal canal, 100 normal healthy subjects of either sex between 25 and 45 years age were x-rayed for lumber vertebral column in both posteroanterior and lateral views and the canal was measured by Jones and Thomson method. The lumbar spinal canal showed constant dimensions in both sexes in all age groups when studied separately in the male and femal...

This report describes a special case of thoracic spinal canal stenosis, which is rarely mentioned in the literature. Thoracic spinal canal stenosis is unusual because it is caused by comprehensive elements and involves multiple segments of the thoracic spine. Compared with the cervical spinal stenosis and lumbar spinal stenosis, thoracic spinal canal stenosis has lower morbidity. This patient u...

INTRODUCTION Accurate morphometric characterization of the lumbar spinal canal is important in understanding low back disorders such as lumbar spinal stenosis. Current conventional methods measuring the AP diameter of the canal, a common parameter for defining the canal, use practical and clinically available methods where patient CT scans are analyzed in 2D. This method, however, does not take...

Objective. Selective, bilateral multisegmental microsurgical decompression of lumbar spinal canal stenosis through separate, alternating cross-over approaches. Indications. Two-segmental and multisegmental degenerative central and lateral lumbar spinal stenosis. Contraindications. None. Surgical Technique. Minimally invasive, muscle, and facet joint-sparing bilateral decompression of the lumbar...

Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common indication for lumbar spine surgery in adults over the age of 65. Although some studies have claimed improvement with conservative treatment, several comparative studies have shown better outcomes for surgical treatment for patients with moderate to severe stenosis. As the life expectancy of the elderly population increases, and by virtue o...

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...

Spinal stenosis was described, for the first time, as one of the causes of neural compression by Bailey and Casamajor (1) in 1911. Later, in 1954, it was described by Verbiest (2) as the typical clinical presentation of bilateral neurogenic claudication, which is provoked by prolonged standing and lower back extension and relieved by sitting and flexing the lumbar spine. Degenerative lumbar spi...

Aim To investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of intraoperative myelography in determining adequacy of indirect spinal canal decompression during transpsoas lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF). Methods Seven patients diagnosed with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) were prospectively included to this study. All patients underwent LLIF and subsequently received intraoperativ...