title: Lumbar canal stenosis: results in 40 patients surgically treated.
abstract: Authors present the clinical and neuroradiological characteristics of 40 patients treated for lumbar canal stenosis during a 10 years experience. The usefulness of computed tomography in comparison with myelography and plain X-rays of the spine is stressed. The surgical treatment was wide laminectomy involving one or more levels (two to four) plus an eventual foraminotomy but without discectomy. All patients were followed up and in 85% of cases a reduction of clinical symptoms was observed. Residual symptoms were also present in some of the improved patients, they generally accepted them without great dismay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pavia, I.R.C.C.S.-Policlinico San Matteo, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spanu
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Assietti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sangiovanni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodriguez y Baena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed