Motor deficit in lumbar spinal stenosis: A retrospective study of a series of 50 patients

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-288

  Guigui, Pierre ^a   Benoist, Michel ^a   Delecourt, Christophe ^a   Delhoume, Jacques ^a   Deburge, Alain ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Laminectomy; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Multivariate analysis; Neurologic involvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031850820     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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