A novel MRI classification system for congenital functional lumbar spinal stenosis predicts the risk for tandem cervical spinal stenosis

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• 作者：Carola F. van Eck ; Nicholas T. Spina III ; Joon Y. Lee
• 关键词：Lumbar spinal stenosis ; Cervical spinal stenosis ; Tandem stenosis ; Spinal canal morphology ; Torg ; Pavlov ratio
• 刊名：European Spine Journal
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：26
• 期：2
• 页码：368-373
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Surgical Orthopedics; Neurosurgery;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-0932
• 卷排序：26

文摘

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to develop a simple and clinically useful morphological classification system for congenital lumbar spinal stenosis using sagittal MRI, allowing clinicians to recognize patterns of lumbar congenital stenosis quickly and be able to screen these patients for tandem cervical stenosis.