Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have cervical stenosis despite not having any symptoms. The spinal cord is ...

of spinal canal. For lateral stenosis height and depth of the lateral recess, and for foraminal stenosis the foraminal diameter were typically used. Only four of 63 primary studies included in the ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

What is lumbar spinal stenosis? Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back (lumbar spine). The spinal canal houses the spinal cord and nerves. The narrowing caused by ...

Recovery from spinal stenosis surgery can vary based on what type of procedure was performed and the number of vertebrae operated on. Activity restrictions will be put in place during the initial ...

Introduction Central lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common cause of pain, reduced function and quality of life in older adults. Current management of LSS includes surgery to decompress the spinal ...

While endovascular treatment of those conditions is well‐established, stenting of vertebral artery (VA) compression stenosis due to cervical facet hypertrophy is uncommon. We describe a case of VA ...

Foraminotomies aim to reduce pain in conditions such as stenosis. Spinal nerves travel through spinal foramen, which are spaces in the spine. Several conditions can cause those openings to narrow ...

Contraindications include spinal cord injury or significant cauda equina symptoms, bony spinal stenosis or foraminal stenosis, spinal instability or spondylolisthesis, calcified or ossified disc ...

Combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors with chemoradiation is now standard of care for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC). Here, the authors report the results of a phase I ...