Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased elastin fiber loss in ligamentum flavum of patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis: results of a pilot histological study.
Shemesh S ShaiEliezer SidonEfrat KaislerDimitry SheinisSteven VelkesNissim OhanaDafna BenayahuPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2017)
The present study points to a significant contribution of DM to the loss of elastin fibers that occurs in the LF of patients with LSCS.