Narrow lumbar canal
Deshayes, P.; Louvel, J.P.
La Revue du Praticien 42(5): 569-572
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-2640 PMID: 1604183 Document Number: 399811
The diagnosis of spinal stenosis can be strongly suspected when the following symptoms are present: limbs neuralgias with a poorly defined location, paresthesias in several dermatomas neurogenic intermittent claudication. Myelography coupled with scan yields the best information about morphology, levels of stenosis and narrowing factors, bone bridges ligaments and discal structures. If surgery is decided after failure of medical treatment to improve the patient's condition, the choice will be best guided by the myeloscan analysis.