title: Neurogenic intermittent claudication and stenosis of the lumbar spinal canal.
abstract: Neurogenic intermittent claudication is briefly reviewed and correlated with twenty consecutive cases of lumbar spinal canal stenosis. Irreversible damage may occur if surgical decompression is unduly delayed. A unilateral decompression may be sufficient in carefully selected cases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002420:Cauda Equina; D003664:Decompression; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011312:Pressure; D012737:Sex Factors; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome