Lumbar spinal stenosis: anatomy and pathogenesis

Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2003 Feb;14(1):1-15, v. doi: 10.1016/s1047-9651(02)00063-3.

Abstract

This article reviews the history, classification, and pathoanatomy of lumbar spinal stenosis. An understanding of the pathoanatomy of lumbar spinal stenosis is essential for the clinician to treat the patient with clinically symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis more effectively.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Hypertrophy
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / complications
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Radiculopathy / etiology*
  • Spinal Stenosis / classification
  • Spinal Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Spinal Stenosis / etiology
  • Spinal Stenosis / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed