title: "Young" cervical spinal stenotic: a review of 118 patients younger than 51 years of age.
abstract: A 10-yr retrospective review of 460,964 admissions to a 1,000-bed community teaching hospital identified 555 patients with a diagnosis of cervical spinal stenosis. Of this number, 118 were classified as "young." With an occurrence rate of 26 per 100,000, in this series there was not a significant difference in sex throughout the decade. During the first 5 yrs of this study, 186 patients with cervical spinal stenosis were identified, of whom 37 were <51 yrs of age. Of 369 patients in the remaining 5-yr period with cervical spinal stenosis, 81 were <51 yrs of age. The proportion of those <51 yrs old between the two 5-yr periods was not statistically different. Although spinal stenosis, both cervical and lumbar, has been regarded as a disorder of the elderly, 21% of those with cervical spinal stenosis and 10% with lumbar spinal stenosis can be anticipated to be <51 yrs of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.
authors.forename: Myron M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: LaBan
authors.forename: Monica L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*