Qualitative grading of severity of lumbar spinal stenosis based on the morphology of the dural sac on magnetic resonance images

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1919-1924

  Schizas, Constantin ^a   Theumann, Nicolas ^a   Burn, Alexandre ^a   Tansey, Rosamond ^a   Wardlaw, Douglas ^b   Smith, Francis W ^b   Kulik, Gerit ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classification; conservative treatment; lumbar spinal stenosis; magnetic resonance imaging; spine decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURAL SAC CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 77958008130     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d359bd     Document Type: Article

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