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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Magnitude of Dural Tube Compression Still Does Not Show a Predictive Value for Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis for Six-Year Follow-Up: A Longitudinal Observation Study in the Community.

Koji Otani, Shin-Ichi Kikuchi, Takuya Nikaido, Shin-Ichi Konno

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. [Predictive value of nerve root sedimentation sign in diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2024
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Koji OtaniDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8409-9623
Shin-Ichi KikuchiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
Takuya NikaidoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8162-9294
Shin-Ichi KonnoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
Fukushima Medical University · JP

Funding

Fukushima Prefecture a grant from Fukushima Prefectural Hospitals.Fukushima Society for the Promotion of Medicine a grant from the Fukushima Society for the Promotion of Medicine
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a clinical syndrome based on anatomic narrowing of the spinal canal. It is well known that anatomic narrowing of the spinal canal is essential for manifestation, but not all of them cause symptoms. There are many studies assessing the relationship between dural tube compression on MRI and clinical symptoms; however, most of them are cross-sectional. The purpose of this study was to reveal the magnitude of dural tube compression's influence on the presence or development of LSS symptoms at the six-year follow-up and the occurrence of surgery during the follow-up period or not in the community setting.

methodsThis was a longitudinal observational study of 459 participants who were assessed for typical LSS symptoms, and whose Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire and numerical rating scale of leg pain and numbness was recorded using a questionnaire and conventional MRI of the lumbar spine. Typical LSS symptoms were judged using an LSS diagnostic support tool, which was a self-administered, self-reported history questionnaire (LSS-SSHQ). After six years, 232 subjects (follow-up rate 50.5%) were followed-up with typical LSS symptoms using LSS-SSHQ by mail. The relationship between the magnitude of dural tube compression evaluated by dural tube cross-sectional area (DCSA) in the initial assessment and the time course of typical LSS symptoms for the six-year duration were analyzed. In addition, predictors of the presence of typical LSS symptoms at the six-year follow-up were assessed. Furthermore, we investigated the relationship between typical LSS symptoms and DCSA during the initial assessment of patients who underwent surgery during the follow-up period. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed for statistical analysis.

results(1) Severe dural tube compression did not show that LSS symptoms continued after six years. (2) Severe dural tube compression could not detect development of LSS-symptoms and surgery during the six-year period.

conclusionSevere dural tube compression could not detect typical LSS symptom development and occurrence of surgery during the six-year period.

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dural tube compressionepidemiologylumbar spinal stenosisnatural historyprognostic factors

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