Surgical outcomes for lumbar spinal canal stenosis with coexisting cervical stenosis (tandem spinal stenosis): a retrospective analysis of 565 cases

Surgical outcomes for lumbar spinal canal stenosis with coexisting cervical stenosis (tandem spinal stenosis): a retrospective analysis of 565 cases

Abstract Background Concurrent cervical and lumbar spinal canal stenosis is known as tandem spinal stenosis (TSS). As research on TSS is limited, there is no consensus on the optimal surgical approach to this problem. We evaluated the prevalence and clinical characteristics of TSS in patients with s...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Yamada, Toshitaka Yoshii, Naoki Yamamoto, Takashi Hirai, Hiroyuki Inose, Atsushi Okawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Subjects:
Tandem spinal stenosis
Lumbar spinal canal stenosis
Spine surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-018-0765-6

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