Laminectomy is a type of spinal decompression surgery where a surgeon ... haven't helped relieve your symptoms. Lumbar pain is often caused by spinal stenosis. Your spinal canal narrows naturally ...
People with lumbar spinal stenosis usually walk with a stooped ... improve quality of life and daily function and prevent further decline. Surgery is often recommended for cases of severe pain ...
Martinsburg, W. Va.-based WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center has performed its first endoscopic spine procedure. The operation was performed by Adolfo Viloria, MD, a neurosurgeon with the WVU ...
Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...
Spinal stenosis develops when the spaces within the spine begin to narrow ... and relieve pain on a short-term basis. Surgery: Surgery is required when pain is severe and unrelenting and ...
After reading the publications 7 papers fulfilled the inclusion criteria, and 60 papers were excluded because they did not report on any quantitative radiological sign of lumbar spinal stenosis.
leading to compression of the spinal cord and nerves. Other causes include spine trauma, rheumatoid arthritis and bone diseases. Some people may be born with a narrow vertebral canal in the neck.