The narrowing can be central stenosis (referring to the main channel) or it can be foraminal stenosis (referring to the “exit ramp” for each individual nerve root). The condition can occur in the ...

height and length of the recess for lateral stenosis and foraminal diameter for foraminal stenosis. Only in a minority of primary prognostic studies, included in systematic reviews evaluating ...

focal posterior longitudinal ligament hypertrophy and disc protrusion at L5/S1 with moderate-to-severe bilateral foraminal stenosis (figures 1–4). The patient was advised by the reporting radiologist ...

For lateral stenosis height and depth of the lateral recess, and for foraminal stenosis the foraminal diameter were typically used. Only four of 63 primary studies included in the systematic ...