of spinal canal. For lateral stenosis height and depth of the lateral recess, and for foraminal stenosis the foraminal diameter were typically used. Only four of 63 primary studies included in the ...

Spinal stenosis is divided into two main categories: Central stenosis and lateral recessed stenosis. Central stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal, the canal that traverses the entire ...

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the narrowing of the central canal and, often, the lateral recess due to facet joint hypertrophy, thickening and bulging of the ligamentum flavum, bulging of an ...