a Record control number 000312582200004

a ISSN 1867-1071

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number WN100

b Item number .M34 2012

a Personal name Alicioğlu, B.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title Magnetic resonance imaging predictors of surgical outcome in degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis

c Statement of responsibility, etc Banu Alicioglu, Baris Yilmaz, Nail Bulakbasi, Cem Copuroglu, Erol Yalniz, Bilal Aykac, Devrim Ulas Urut

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2012.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Springer,

a Summary, etc To identify any MRI predictors for surgical outcomes of patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) having instrumented posterior decompression (IPD) surgery. Seventy patients with DLSS who underwent IPD were reviewed retrospectively. The clinical score of each patient was assessed using the JOAS (Japanese Orthopedics Association Scoring) system, which is mainly based on the subjective symptoms and physical signs of the patients before (JOAS-I) and after (JOAS-II) surgery. Healing rate (HR) was calculated as: [(JOAS-II) - (JOAS-I)] x 100/[15 - (JOAS-I)]. HR > 50 % was considered clinical improvement. Radiological stenosis was assessed on MRI and was graded from 0 to 3 at the laminectomy level in terms of thecal sac-nerve root compression, foraminal stenosis, and facet degeneration. Mean HR of the improved patients (n = 39) was 81.94; HR of the unimproved patients (n = 31) was 34.75 (p < 0.05). There was no statistical difference in radiological stenosis parameters between the two groups (p > 0.05). HR was worse in patients with severe facet degeneration. Surgical outcomes of DLSS depend on multiple variables. It is not possible to predict the outcomes by assessing only one parameter. The possible outcomes should be analyzed by considering all the factors individually.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Magnetic resonance imaging

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Spinal stenosis

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Outcome assessment (Medical care)

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Decompression

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Radiology

t Title Japanese Journal of Radiology;

g Relationship information Dec, 2012, 30 10, p811-p818, 8p.

x International Standard Serial Number 18671071

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11604-012-0125-0