title: Multilevel lumbar laminotomies for focal spinal stenosis: case report.
abstract: We describe a case of spondylotic lumbar spinal stenosis in an infirm elderly patient successfully treated with multilevel laminotomies. This procedure is less stressful to patients than a full laminectomy. In a selected subgroup of patients with "hourglass" spondylotic stenosis, it may provide adequate decompression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aryanpur
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ducker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed