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Indications for prophylactic lumbar decompression at the L3/4 level in patients with L4/5 responsible lumbar spinal canal stenosis

INTRODUCTION: Lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSS) is a very common disease. When the responsible level is considered to be L4/5 despite the appearance of double-level (L3/4 and L4/5) stenosis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it is difficult for spinal surgeons to decide whether prophylactic decom...

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Autores principales: Asari, Toru, Aburakawa, Shuichi, Kumagai, Gentaro, Tanaka, Sunao, Ishibashi, Yasuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31440633
http://dx.doi.org/10.22603/ssrr.1.2016-0032