Circulatory dynamics of the cauda equina in lumbar canal stenosis using dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2132-2141

  Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihiko ^b   Meir, Adam ^c   Al Khudairi, Naji ^c   Nakane, Takashi ^d   Hayakawa, Katsuhiko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b Suzuki Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d Aiko Orthopaedic Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood nerve barrier; Cauda equina; Dynamic contrast enhanced MR imaging; Edema; Lumbar spinal canal stenosis; Neurogenic intermittent claudication

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE STENOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEAKNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; EVALUATION STUDY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL STENOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUDA EQUINA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84942505719     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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