title: Commentary: the sedimentation sign: correlation with operative level in patients undergoing lumbar decompression for spinal stenosis.
abstract: Fazal A, Yoo A, Bendo JA. Does the presence of the nerve root sedimentation sign on MRI correlate with the operative level in patients undergoing posterior lumbar decompression for lumbar stenosis? Spine J 2013;13:837-42 (in this issue).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, 601 N. Caroline St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. ehenze1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: A Jay
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Khanna
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000473:pathology*