Successful operative management of an upper lumbar spinal canal stenosis resulting in multilevel lower nerve root radiculopathy

Successful operative management of an upper lumbar spinal canal stenosis resulting in multilevel lower nerve root radiculopathy

Lumbar stenosis is a common disorder, usually characterized clinically by neurogenic claudication with or without lumbar/sacral radiculopathy corresponding to the level of stenosis. We present a case of lumbar stenosis manifesting as a multilevel radiculopathy inferior to the nerve roots at the leve...

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Main Authors: Shearwood McClelland 3rd, Stefan S. Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Subjects:
neurogenic claudication
radiculopathy
surgical decompression
upper lumbar stenosis
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.143216

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