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Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis
Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis is a type of spinal canal stenosis and has different epidemiology with less severe degenerative change compared to acquired/degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis.
Epidemiology
Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis tends to affect patients at a younger age (30-50 ye...
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Lumbar spinal stenosis (grading)
Lumbar spinal stenosis grading refers to systems for classifying the severity of lumbar spinal canal stenosis, especially the central zone, around the cauda equina nerve roots.
Overview
There are multiple systems for grading lumbar spinal stenosis in the central zone. The simplest classificati...
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Severe lumbar spinal stenosis with cauda equina compression
Published
24 Sep 2015
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MRI
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Excessive ligamentum flavum hypertrophy causing lumbar spinal stenosis
Published
10 Jul 2011
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MRI
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Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis
Published
19 Jul 2011
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CT
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Lumbar canal stenosis
Lumbar canal stenosis is a general term that refers to the pathological narrowing of the spinal canal, nerve root canals and/or the intervertebral foramina in the lumbar spine 1-4,6,7,9,10.
Epidemiology
Lumbar canal stenosis is common, especially among individuals over 60 years old, and its pr...
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Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis
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Excessive ligamentum flavum hypertrophy causing lumbar spinal stenosis
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Spinal stenosis
Spinal stenosis is a condition in which a portion of the spinal canal narrows to the point at which it can exert pressure on the nerves that travel through the spine.
Spinal stenosis is not to be confused with foraminal stenosis, which is the narrowing of the foramina with subsequent compressio...
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Laminectomy
Laminectomy is the resection of the lamina of a vertebral body. By removing the lamina the spinal canal is decompressed reducing pressure on the spinal cord / cauda equina.
Terminology
When only one of the lamina is resected the terms hemilaminectomy or unilateral hemilaminectomy can be used d...
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Posterior dynamic lumbar stabilization
Posterior dynamic lumbar stabilization is an alternative instrumented method to rigid spinal fusion aiming to improve segmental stability. Purported advantages of this technique include reduced posterior element and intervertebral disc loading reducing symptoms and potentially allowing for disc ...
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Vacuum phenomenon
Vacuum phenomena describe aseptic gas collections (e.g. nitrogen and traces of oxygen and or carbon dioxide) within different specific tissues 1-3. Usually, they are seen within the intervertebral discs, the bones and within different joints, but can also be seen in other usually adjacent locati...
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Transthyretin amyloidosis
Transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is a form of systemic amyloidosis characterized by the misfolding, aggregation and deposition of transthyretin-related (TTR) protein in various organs 1-6. This can occur in the following two forms namely in the setting of a genetically normal transthyretin-relat...
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Spinal epidural lipomatosis
Published
02 Mar 2024
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MRI
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