Asymptomatic cervical cord compression is most likely to develop in older male patients with lumbar stenosis at multiple segments, according to an article published in Spine.
Researchers analyzed lumbar stenosis index, cervical cord compression index and Torg-Pavlov ratio of whole spine MRIs of 93 lumbar stenosis patients. Severe cervical cord compression occurred in 22 cases.
Men between the ages of 70 and 80 with multiple segment lumbar stenosis had statistically significant higher CCI.
Read the abstract for "Asymptomatic Cervical Cord Compression in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients."
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Researchers analyzed lumbar stenosis index, cervical cord compression index and Torg-Pavlov ratio of whole spine MRIs of 93 lumbar stenosis patients. Severe cervical cord compression occurred in 22 cases.
Men between the ages of 70 and 80 with multiple segment lumbar stenosis had statistically significant higher CCI.
Read the abstract for "Asymptomatic Cervical Cord Compression in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients."
Read other coverage on spine surgery:
- Study: Growing Rods for Childhood Scoliosis Treatment Likely to Cause Autofusion
- Study: One-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy a Safe Outpatient Procedure
- Study: Cervical Pedicle Screws Unnecessary in Bilateral Application