Influence of X stop on neural foramina and spinal canal area in spinal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 2958-2962

  Siddiqui, Manal ^a   Karadimas, Efthimios ^a   Nicol, Malcolm ^a   Smith, Francis W ^a   Wardlaw, Douglas ^a  

^a WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neurogenic intermittent claudication; Positional MRI; Spinal stenosis; X Stop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33845368188     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000247797.92847.7d     Document Type: Article

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