| | | | | Treatment of Spinal Stenosis |
| Spinal Stenosis Surgery | | | | Non Surgical Treatment of Spinal Stenosis |
| | | | | Preventing Falls. Falling is a risk for patients with spinal |
| What Is Spinal Stenosis ? | | | | stenosis. They should avoid alcohol and sedatives. Leg |
| Spinal stenosis is a condition in which there is | | | | strengthening exercises (walking, cycling) may be |
| narrowing of the spinal cord causing nerve pinching | | | | helpful, with brief resting if pain occurs. The use of |
| which leads to persistent pain in the buttocks, limping, | | | | common pain relievers, such as NSAIDs, physical |
| lack of feeling in the lower extremities, and | | | | therapy, and steroid or other spinal injections may be |
| decreased physical activity. As the age increases, | | | | helpful for some patients... |
| these conditions can develop due to the drying out | | | | |
| and shrinking of the disc spaces between the bones | | | | Surgical Treatment of Spinal Stenosis |
| (80% of the disc is made up of water)... | | | | Surgery. If pain is persistent, patients may require |
| | | | | surgery, most often a procedure called |
| Anatomy of Spinal Stenosis | | | | decompressive laminectomy. Some patients may |
| The spine consists of a series of bone blocks | | | | require spinal fusion as well. Studies suggest that |
| (vertebral bodies) which are separated from one | | | | surgery reduces back pain in many patients, at least |
| another by discs of soft tissue. Within the structure | | | | for a few years. By four years after surgery, |
| of the spine sits a tunnel called the spinal canal. This | | | | however, 30% of patients have severe pain again |
| tunnel contains the neurological structures including | | | | and 10% have had another operation... |
| the spinal cord and nerve roots. Although there is | | | | |
| some free space between the neurological structures | | | | Decompressive Laminectomy |
| and the edges of the spinal canal, this space can be | | | | Decompressive laminectomy is the most common |
| reduced by many different conditions including injury | | | | surgery performed in order to correct lumbar spinal |
| to the spine... | | | | stenosis. The goal of this operation is to create more |
| | | | | room for the nerve root that has been encroached |
| Causes of Spinal Stenosis | | | | upon by the facet joints of the vertebra. Because |
| The cause of Spinal Stenosis is often linked to aging, | | | | the LSS symptoms are created by the compression |
| osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or inherited | | | | of the nerve root, uncompressing the root relieves |
| conditions. Changes that occur in the spine as people | | | | the symptoms... |
| age are the most common cause of this condition. | | | | |
| However, the cause of spinal Stenosis can also be | | | | Spinal fusion |
| linked to tumors of the spine, injuries, Paget's | | | | Spinal fusion to fuse two vertebrae together to |
| disease, too much fluoride in the body, and calcium | | | | provide stronger support for the spine almost always |
| deposits on the ligaments that run along the spine... | | | | follows a decompression laminectomy. A surgical |
| | | | | procedure to weld together vertebrae, bones of the |
| Symptoms of Spinal Stenosis | | | | spine... |
| People can have significant stenosis that they are | | | | |
| unaware of until tests are done. It is most common | | | | Please log on to : |
| in women over the age of 50—men are less | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| prone to this condition... | | | | |
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| Diagnosis of Spinal Stenosis | | | | We have a very simple business model that keeps |
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