Spinal stenosis
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Spinal stenosis is "narrowing of the spinal canal."[1] Spinal stenosis is a cause of low back pain.
Cause/etiology
One cause is spondylolisthesis.
Treatment
Surgery may improve outcome at two years according to the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized controlled trial.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Spinal stenosis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, et al (2007). "Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis". N. Engl. J. Med. 356 (22): 2257–70. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa070302. PMID 17538085. Research Blogging.