Prevalence, severity, and impact of foraminal and canal stenosis among adults with degenerative scoliosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1181-1187

  Fu, Kai Ming G ^a   Rhagavan, Prashant ^b   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^c   Chernavvsky, Daniel R ^c   Smith, Justin S ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult degenerative scoliosis; Adult idiopathic scoliosis; Adult scoliosis; Central stenosis; Foramen; Foraminal stenosis; Pain; Radiculopathy; Spine; Stenosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CENTRAL CANAL STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE SCOLIOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORAMINAL STENOSIS; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80955133852     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31822a9aeb     Document Type: Article

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