Lumbar stenosis: a personal record. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2004.
Although its management continues to evolve, lumbar stenosis remains a common societal problem. The present article is based on an invited lecture at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons/American Association of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. In it the authors provide a historical overview of lumbar stenosis and describe how the senior author's treatment of this condition has evolved over the past four decades. Within each era of treatment, the reasons for modification of treatment methods and relevant outcome measures are outlined. Additionally, specific subsets of patients with lumbar stenosis are also discussed to emphasize unique characteristics that affect treatment strategies. The authors' present technique for management of lumbar stenosis is also illustrated.
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA. kes4a@virginia.edu
John A
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Jane
Jonathan H
JH
Sherman
Paul T
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Boulos
Craig
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Luce
Aaron S
AS
Dumont
D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*