title: Degenerative lumbar stenosis.
abstract: Stenosis is a condition that is not recognized as frequently as it should be. The diagnosis should be suspected primarily on the basis of bizarre history and physical findings. Myelography is diagnostic. Surgical decompression is the treatment of choice in severe cases. Considerable clinical and experimental investigation remains to be done if we are to further understand the cause, institute efficacious preventive measures, and achieve more success in the treatment of degenerative lumbar stenosis and other spinal afflictions.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000175:diagnosis; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed