(ICD-10) codes were used to characterize phenotype M51 (M51.0-M51.9: Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders, Supplementary Table1). Patients without a record of these ICD codes were categorized as controls, and from the controls participants that had been diagnosed ...
They found a complex association between severity of DLSS and clinical findings, with partly milder symptoms in patients with more severe stenosis; they concluded that DLSS might not solely be an anatomical disorder, but that it has other underlying pathobiological mechanisms [10]. The literature ...
Lumbar disk syndromes are diseases resulting from disk disorder, either herniation or degenerative change (spondylosis). Massivedisk protrusionmay rarely lead to paralysis in the lower extremity, a condition termedcauda equina syndrome.Gradual narrowing of the spinal canal (lumbar stenosis), usually from...
Prevalence of (A) lumbar disc disorder, (B) spondylotic radiculopathy, (C) spondylolisthesis, (D) spinal stenosis in matched control and diabetic patients. *p < 0.0001. Full size image The prevalence of lumbar spinal injection was significantly higher in the diabetes group than in the contro...
The Tohoku Society of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis has developed a self-administered diagnostic support tool that enables diagnosis by only history taking and can predict the type of neurological disorder. The questionnaire, which consists of 10 questions, assesses LSS by the combination of applicable items...