Recent studies have focused on understanding the effectiveness of different treatment ... Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS): A condition characterized by the narrowing of the spinal canal in the ...

Inside the spinal canal is the spinal cord ... often through surgical treatment. Compared to lumbar stenosis, there is greater risk of spinal cord compression with cervical stenosis since the ...

With spinal stenosis, such narrowing of the spinal canal or the spaces between the ... likelihood of permanent nerve damage. Diagnosis and Treatment The diagnosis of spinal stenosis is done ...

Cervical stenosis ... vertebral canal in the neck. It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have cervical stenosis ...

Cervical pain causes pain in the neck and upper part of the spine However in some cases it can affect other areas of the ...

Patients with vertebrobasilar stenosis are currently being enrolled in two other randomized studies; the Vertebral Artery Stenting Trial (VAST), 8 for stenting of intracranial or extracranial ...

Most often reported measures for central stenosis were antero-posterior diameter (< 10 mm) and cross-sectional area (< 70 mm 2) of spinal canal. For lateral stenosis height and depth of the ...

Lumbar pain is often caused by spinal stenosis. Your spinal canal narrows naturally as you get older. It can happen slowly over time, so you may not notice until you have ongoing pain and find it ...

The only effective treatment for aortic stenosis is removal of the mechanical obstruction. To this end, only aortic valve replacement (AVR) has been shown to achieve this while reducing mortality.

The incidence of mitral stenosis has drastically decreased in the United States since the advent of antibiotics, which resulted in the aggressive treatment of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis ...

Measurement of antero-posterior diameter and the cross sectional area of spinal canal ... treatment modalities. Our findings indicate shortcomings in defining and classifying lumbar spinal ...