Lifestyle activities impact development of spinal stenosis
(HealthDay)—Increased loading of the lumbar spine, arising from lifestyle activities (such as lifting heavy objects, more frequent pregnancy, and higher body mass index), could contribute to the degenerative ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 16, 2013 |
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Diabetes, hypertension prevalent with spinal stenosis
(HealthDay)—Nonelderly, older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) have a higher prevalence of diabetes and hypertension than those without stenosis, according to a study published in the April 20 issue ...
Diabetes
May 07, 2013 |
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Spinal 'spacer' procedure has fewer complications, but higher risk of repeat surgery
Interspinous spacer implantation—a less-invasive alternative surgical option for spinal stenosis—has a lower complication rate than spinal fusion, reports a study in the May 1 issue of Spine.
Surgery
May 07, 2013 |
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Standard criteria needed for spinal stenosis diagnosis
(HealthDay)—There is a need for a consensus on criteria to define and classify lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a review published in the April 15 issue of Spine.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 28, 2013 |
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Researchers develop new anatomically based classification for diagnosing cervical spinal stenosis
Physician-researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have developed a new, clinically meaningful scale of severity for diagnosing patients with cervical spinal stenosis. Their goal was to create a more accurate scale ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 20, 2013 |
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Steroid injection may lead to worse outcomes in patients with spinal stenosis
For patients with spinal stenosis, epidural steroid injections (ESI) may actually lead to worse outcomes—whether or not the patient later undergoes surgery, according to a study in the February 15 issue of Spine.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 19, 2013 |
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Minimally invasive, open hemilaminectomy equivalent
(HealthDay)—Minimally invasive (MIS) and open multilevel hemilaminectomy are similar with respect to cost and improved quality of life measures for the treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Surgery consultation common after MRI of the spine
(HealthDay)—Almost half of patients whose primary care physicians recommend a lumbosacral or cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan go on to receive a surgical consultation, but few end up ...
Surgery
Jan 02, 2013 |
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EP studies helpful in lumbar spinal stenosis prognosis
(HealthDay)—Electrophysiological abnormalities have been identified that are of some prognostic value in determining deteriorating clinical status over the long term for patients with mild-to-moderate lumbar ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 28, 2012 |
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Evidence-based guidelines enable optimal treatment of common low-back pain (Update)
While scientific evidence suggests that less is typically more when it comes to diagnosing and treating low-back pain in the U.S., the number of expensive imaging exams and surgeries done on patients continues ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Pain, disability don't predict function in spinal stenosis
(HealthDay) -- For patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), subjective measures of pain and disability have limited ability to predict real-life ambulatory performance, according to a study published in ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 16, 2012 |
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Tests ID'd for use in outcome assessment of spinal stenosis
(HealthDay) -- For patients with lumbar spinal stenosis the Oswestry Disability Index, Modified Swiss Spinal Stenosis Scale (SSS), and Patient Specific Functional Scale have been shown to possess adequate ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 12, 2012 |
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Surgeon experience affects complication rate of spinal stenosis surgery
For patients undergoing surgery for spinal stenosis, the risk of complications is higher when the surgeon performs very few such procedures—less than four per year, suggests a study in the June issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeon ...
Surgery
Jun 07, 2012 |
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Lumbar spinal stenosis lowers health-related QoL
(HealthDay) -- Patients diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) have a substantial burden of illness and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQL) compared to the general population, and their HRQL ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 07, 2012 |
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Researchers find epidural steroid injections do not benefit spine patients
Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson examined data on patients being treated for lumbar stenosis and the degenerative spine condition spondylolisthesis and found that patients who received epidural steroid injections ...
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