THE lumen of the first part of the duodenum is a comparatively narrow segment of the alimentary canal so that when the surgeon passes his finger along its length at operation he finds that its mucosa hugs him comfortably. Placing an ulcer into this canal and surrounding its crater by scar tissue would, one might think, produce stenosis in a high percentage of cases, yet the somewhat surprising ...

BACKGROUND Symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis produces gradually progressive back and leg pain with standing and walking, relieved by sitting or lying. One of the uncommon symptoms is involuntary intermittent penile erection due to spinal canal stenosis. This symptom is very rare and often forgotten when history is taken. METHODS In this case report, a patient suffering from intermittent pria...

We treated 12 patients with multilevel stenosis of the cervical canal after spondylosis or ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament by an expansive open-door laminoplasty, stabilised by using an anchor system. The preoperative sagittal diameter of the canal was 9.8 mm(+/-2.2) which was increased to 16.1 mm(+/-2.9) after surgery. The mean expansion ratio of the canal was 64% (42 to 10...

THE lumen of the first part of the duodenum is a comparatively narrow segment of the alimentary canal so that when the surgeon passes his finger along its length at operation he finds that its mucosa hugs him comfortably. Placing an ulcer into this canal and surrounding its crater by scar tissue would, one might think, produce stenosis in a high percentage of cases, yet the somewhat surprising ...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. PURPOSE To examine the effectiveness of using an electrodiagnostic technique as a new approach in the clinical diagnosis of extraforaminal stenosis at L5-S1. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE We introduced a new effective approach to the diagnosis of extraforaminal stenosis at the lumbosacral junction using the existing electrophysiological evaluation technique. M...

To assess the normal dimensions of the lumbar spinal canal, 100 normal healthy subjects of either sex between 25 and 45 years age were x-rayed for lumber vertebral column in both posteroanterior and lateral views and the canal was measured by Jones and Thomson method. The lumbar spinal canal showed constant dimensions in both sexes in all age groups when studied separately in the male and femal...

Tumours of the thoracic spine . . . . . . . . . . . e169 Extradural haematoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e171 Spinal cord herniation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e173 Thoracic spinal canal stenosis . . . . . . . . . . . e173 Chest deformities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e173 Fracture of a transverse process . . . . . . . . . . e179 Spinal infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Although several studies report various treatment solutions for cervical spondylotic myelopathy in patients with athetoid cerebral palsy, long-term follow-up studies are very rare. None of the reported treatment solutions represent a gold standard for this disease owing to the small number of cases and lack of long-term follow-up. This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of laminoplasty with l...

INTRODUCTION The problem of lumbar stenosis has been analysed at length in the literature as the number of patients with low back pain of this aetiology continues to increase. The aim of this study was:1. to carry out a prospective study assessing the dimensions of spinal canal on the basis of CT data and to compare patient data with a control group.2. to determine if the sagittal and transvers...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) has been proven as an effective, minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of Kummell's disease in the early stages. However, a risk of cement leakage and further neurological damage remains during and after PKP, especially in chronic osteoporotic stage III Kummell's disease with severe spinal canal stenosis. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility...