Algorithmic approach to the management of the patient with lumbar spinal stenosis
Doorly, T.P.; Lambing, C.L.; Malanga, G.A.; Maurer, P.M.; Rashbaum, R.F.
Journal of Family Practice 59(8 Suppl Algorithmic): S1-S8
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1533-7294 PMID: 20733968 Document Number: 643718
A 71-year-old generally healthy woman presents for her first visit in 3 years. She ambulates slowly from the waiting room, with a more stooped posture than previously. She reports a 2-year history of slowly worsening buttock and leg pain when she walks any distance. She has noticed that her symptoms are much less when she leans on a shopping cart in the grocery store. Her buttock/leg pain resolves within a few minutes when she sits down. The patient exhibits signs and symptoms suggestive of lumbar spinal stenosis.