L5 root compression caused by degenerative spinal stenosis of the L1-L2 and L2-L3 spaces

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1891-1894

  Hidalgo Ovejero, Angel M ^a,b   García Mata, Serafín ^a   Martinez Grande, Manuel ^a   Maravi Petri, Elias ^a   Izco Cabezón, Tomás ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Root compression; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345267260     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199809010-00019     Document Type: Article

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