The increase in dural sac area is maintained at 2 years after X-stop implantation for the treatment of spinal stenosis with no significant alteration in lumbar spine range of movement

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 762-768

  Nandakumar, Anjali ^a   Clark, Natasha Annette ^a   Peehal, Jeetender Pal ^a   Bilolikar, Naval ^a   Wardlaw, Douglas ^a   Smith, Francis W ^a  

^a WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Positional MRI; Spinal canal area; Spinal stenosis; X stop interspinous decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; X STOP INTERSPINOUS PROCESS DECOMPRESSION;

DURA MATER; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 77956156526     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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