Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...

Gophers wrestler Brandon Sitch’s career came to an end recently when University of Minnesota doctors diagnosed him with spinal stenosis, or the narrowing of the spine. The disorder causes the spinal ...

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single nucleotide polymorphism collagen intervertebral disc stenosis In view of the evidence for the contribution of genetic factors to lumbar disc disease, disc degeneration and OPLL, we analysed 29 ...

She has a PhD in the epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury from the University of Bergen and is a post-doctoral fellow at the same institution. The author has completed the ICMJE form and ...

Stenosis of the transverse or sigmoid sinus is defined by a trans-stenotic pressure gradient and can be found without signs or symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure. Stenosis at the proximal ...