Healio27d
Surgeon recommendation for spinal fusion may not improve outcomes vs. decompression alone
with degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis who underwent surgery with 2-year follow-up. Ivar M. Austevoll Overall, surgeons preferred decompression alone for 112 patients and ...
Medscape5d
Visually Assessed Severity of Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis Is Paradoxically Associated With Leg Pain and Objective Walking Ability
Background Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the common term used ... 44% male], with symptoms severe enough to indicate LSS surgery, were included in this prospective single-center study.
What Is Spinal Stenosis? Causes, Symptoms, Treatments and Prevention
One of the more common reasons for a visit or call to a doctor? Lower back pain. As the population ages, this complaint becomes even more frequent. Characterized by back, leg and neck pain, spinal ...
Medscape8d
Quantitative Radiologic Criteria for the Diagnosis of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
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 ...
the Westmorland Gazette10d
Inquest: Newby Bridge man died in Barrow hospital after back surgery
His condition of spinal stenosis had caused him ... low mood was compounded by his chronic back pain and was controlled with the prescription of fluoxetine. Mr Day was admitted acutely for spinal ...