Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Eva
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Issack, P. S.; Cunningham, M. E.; Pumberger, M.; Hughes, A. P.; Cammisa, F. P.
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Article
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2012
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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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English
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Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis is caused by mechanical factors and/or biochemical alterations within the intervertebral disk that lead to disk space collapse, facet joint hypertrophy, soft-tissue infolding, and osteophyte formation, which narrows the space available for the thecal sac and exiti