Degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis lead to various symptoms. Degeneration of facet joints is added to this degenerative process with aging.Seventy-four patients who were admitted to the Spinal Column Outpatient Clinic of the Neurosurgery Department with a diagnosis of degenerative narrow spinal canal and lumbar spondylolisthesis between 2011 and 2013 and who underwent surgery were in...

Herein we discuss a case of a 55 year old male presenting with history suggestive of sciatica on the left leg. Straight leg raising (SLR) test was positive at 45 degrees on the left side. His ankle reflex was absent and the power of extensor hallusus longus (EHL) was 4/5 on the same side. MRI lumbosacral spine revealed left paramedian disc prolapsed on L4/L5 level with spinal canal diameter of ...

INTRODUCTION By using a combination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) of the lumbar spine, it is possible to distinguish between spinal stenosis caused by bone compression and specific soft tissue epidural intraspinal lesions that cause localized spinal canal stenosis and neural compression. Examples include facet cysts and yellow ligament hypertrophy. Many of the...

Background: New minimal invasive procedure is trying to replace the old classic decompressive laminectomy. Result of the decompressive laminectomy should be well documented to compare these new procedures with it. Objective: To evaluate the long term results of wide decompressive laminectomy in treatment of lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSCS). Patients and Methods: 384 cases having circumferent...

BACKGROUND Senile systemic amyloidosis (SSA) derived from wild-type transthyretin is a fairly common condition of old individuals, particularly men. The main presentation is by cardiac involvement, which can lead to severe restrictive cardiomyopathy. SSA is, however, a systemic disease, and amyloid deposits may appear in many other tissues but are thought to be without clinical symptoms outside...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to elucidate the relationship among facet orientation, kinematics of a spinal unit, and change in lumbar spine canal diameter by using kinetic magnetic resonance imaging. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Some studies have suggested an association between increased sagittally oriented facet angles and degenerative lumbar ...