Clinical implications of lumbar developmental spinal stenosis on back pain, radicular leg pain, and disability.
Marcus Kin Long LaiPrudence Wing Hang CheungDino SamartzisJaro KarppinenKenneth Man Chee CheungPrudence Wing Hang CheungPublished in: The bone & joint journal (2021)
This large-scale study identified DSS as a risk factor of acute and chronic radicular leg pain. DSS was seen in 6.9% of the study cohort and these patients had narrower spinal canals. Subjects with DSS had earlier onset of symptoms, more severe radicular leg pain, which lasted for longer and were more likely to have worse disability and poorer quality of life. In these patients there is an increased likelihood of nerve root compression due to a pre-existing narrowed canal, which is important when planning surgery as patients are likely to require multi-level decompression surgery. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2021;103-B(1):131-140.
Keyphrases
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