Introduction. Lumbar spinal osteoporosis

AbstractTransforaminal full-endoscopic lumbar diskectomy became established early in the 21st century. It can be performed under local anesthesia and requires only an 8-mm skin incision, making it the least invasive disk surgery method available. The full-endoscopic technique has recently been used to treat lumbar spinal canal stenosis. Here, we describe the outcome of simultaneous bilateral decompression of lumbar lateral recess stenosis via a transforaminal approach under local anesthesia in a 60-year-old man. The patient presented with a complaint of bilateral leg pain that was preventing him from standing and walking, and he had been able to continue his work as a dentist by treating patients while seated. Imaging studies revealed bilateral lumbar lateral recess stenosis with central herniated nucleus pulposus at L4/5. We performed simultaneous bilateral transforaminal full-endoscopic lumbar lateral recess decompression (TE-LRD) under local anesthesia. Both decompression and diskectomy were successfully completed without complications. Five days after TE-LRD, he was able to return to work, and 3 months after the surgery, he resumed playing golf. Full-endoscopic surgery under local anesthesia can be very effective in patients who need to return to work as soon as possible after surgery.

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Correlation of axial loaded magnetic resonance imaging with clinical symptoms in lumbar spinal canal stenosis patients

MedPharmRes ◽

10.32895//ump.mpr.2.4.15 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 15-19

Author(s):

Son Nguyen ◽

Son Vi ◽

Hoat Luu ◽

Toan Do

Keyword(s):

Spinal Canal ◽

Clinical Symptoms ◽

Axial Loading ◽

Spinal Canal Stenosis ◽

Leg Pain ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Canal Stenosis ◽

Conventional Mri ◽

Frame System ◽

Lumbar Spinal

There are cases when symptoms are available but no abnormal stenosis is found in MRI and vice versa. Axial-loaded MRI has been shown that it can demonstrate more accurately the real status of spinal canal stenosis than conventional MRI. This is the first time we applied a new system that we have recreated from the original loading frame system in order to fit with the demands of Vietnamese people. Sixty-two patients were selected from Phu Tho Hospital in Phu Tho Province, Vietnam, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The Anterior-posterior diameter (APD), Dura Cross-sectional Area (DSCA) in conventional MRI and axial loaded MRI, and changes in APD and DCSA were determined at the single most constricted intervertebral level. The APD and DCSA in axial loaded MRI had very good significant correlations with VAS for back pain (rs=0.83, 0.79), leg pain (rs=0.69, 0.57) and JOA score (rs=0.70, 0.65). APD and DCSA in axial loaded MRI significantly correlated with the severity of symptoms. Our axial loading MRI provides more valuable information than the conventional MRI for assessing patients with LSCS.

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Anterior Epidural Irrigation in Patient with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis -A case report-

The Korean Journal of Pain ◽

10.3344/jkps.2004.17.2.330 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 330 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bong Il Kim ◽

Jong Hae Kim ◽

Jun Seok Lee ◽

Jin Yong Chung ◽

Woon Seok Roh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Spinal Stenosis ◽

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis ◽

Lumbar Spinal

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Analysis of Factors Associated with the Therapeutic Duration of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients

The Korean Journal of Pain ◽

10.3344/kjp.2008.21.2.136 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 136 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ji Hee Hong ◽

Yong Chul Lee ◽

Jin Mo Kim ◽

Sung Ho Han ◽

Eun Jee Park

Keyword(s):

Spinal Stenosis ◽

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis ◽

Steroid Injection ◽

Epidural Steroid Injection ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection ◽

Lumbar Spinal ◽

Epidural Steroid

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Lipomeningocele associated with diplomyelia in a dog

Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere ◽

10.15654/tpk-170751 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (05) ◽

pp. 323-329 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nele Ondreka ◽

Sara Malberg ◽

Emma Laws ◽

Martin Schmidt ◽

Sabine Schulze

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Neurological Status ◽

Split Cord Malformation ◽

Lumbar Spinal Cord ◽

Histopathological Diagnosis ◽

Type I ◽

Thoracic Spinal Cord ◽

Thoracic Spinal ◽

Subcutaneous Mass ◽

Lumbar Spinal

SummaryA 2-year-old male neutered mixed breed dog with a body weight of 30 kg was presented for evaluation of a soft subcutaneous mass on the dorsal midline at the level of the caudal thoracic spine. A further clinical sign was intermittent pain on palpation of the area of the subcutaneous mass. The owner also described a prolonged phase of urination with repeated interruption and re-initiation of voiding. The findings of the neurological examination were consistent with a lesion localization between the 3rd thoracic and 3rd lumbar spinal cord segments. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a spina bifida with a lipomeningocele and diplomyelia (split cord malformation type I) at the level of thoracic vertebra 11 and 12 and secondary syringomyelia above the aforementioned defects in the caudal thoracic spinal cord. Surgical resection of the lipomeningocele via a hemilaminectomy was performed. After initial deterioration of the neurological status postsurgery with paraplegia and absent deep pain sensation the dog improved within 2 weeks to non-ambulatory paraparesis with voluntary urination. Six weeks postoperatively the dog was ambulatory, according to the owner. Two years after surgery the owner recorded that the dog showed a normal gait, a normal urination and no pain. Histopathological diagnosis of the biopsied material revealed a lipomeningocele which confirmed the radiological diagnosis.

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