Staged surgery for tandem cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis: Which should be treated first?

Chi-An LuoArun-Kumar Kaliya-PerumalMeng-Ling LuLih-Huei ChenWen-Jer ChenChi-Chien Niu

Published 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 (2018)

First-stage surgery for the cervical stenosis significantly lowers the need of the second-stage surgery. In contrast, if lumbar stenosis was treated first, a dramatic exacerbation of the symptoms related to the cervical stenosis can occur soon. Therefore, treatment of cervical stenosis first seems to be more appropriate. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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