Spinal Surgery and Disorders

Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis is classified according to the anatomical location in which the spine is affected. In degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis, the redundancy and loosening of yellow ligaments due to the narrowing of space in the spinal canal. This relative hyper mobility causes over growth and thickening of the posterior facet joints and surrounding ligaments. Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis may exhibit symptoms such as back pain, radiating pain and neurogenic claudication.