Spinal stenosis

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Spinal stenosis is "narrowing of the spinal canal."[1] Spinal stenosis is a cause of low back pain.


Cause/etiology

One cause is spondylolisthesis.

Treatment

Surgery may improve outcome at two years in patients with spinal stenosis not from spondylolisthesis according to the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized controlled trial.[2]

Surgery may improve outcome at two years in patients with spondylolisthesis according to the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized controlled trial.[3]

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Spinal stenosis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Weinstein, J. N., Tosteson, T. D., Lurie, J. D., Tosteson, A. N., Blood, E., Hanscom, B., et al. (2008). Surgical versus nonsurgical therapy for lumbar spinal stenosis, N Engl J Med, 358(8), 794-810. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0707136.
  3. Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, et al (2007). "Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis". N. Engl. J. Med. 356 (22): 2257–70. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa070302. PMID 17538085. Research Blogging.