Clinical analysis of two-level compression of the cauda equina and the nerve roots in lumbar spinal canal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1898-1904

  Sato, Katsuhiko ^a   Kikuchi, Shinichi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Lumbar spine; Nerve root; Spinal Canal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031419977     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199708150-00018     Document Type: Article

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