Patient demographics and MRI-based measurements predict redundant nerve roots in lumbar spinal stenosis: a retrospective database cohort comparison

BACKGROUND: Up to 40% of patients diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) show evidence of redundant nerve roots (RNR) of the cauda equina on their magnetic resonance images (MRI). The etiology of RNR is still unclear. Preoperative evidence of RNR is associated with a worse postsurgical outcome....

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Hauptverfasser: Papavero, Luca, Marques, Carlos J., Lohmann, Jens, Fitting, Thies
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303950/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30579338
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2364-4
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