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  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis - Health Tools

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    02/21/08, Healthwise

    Health Tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health.

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  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis - Treatment Overview

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    02/21/08, Healthwise

    Lumbar spinal stenosis is narrowing of the spinal canal that usually starts gradually and develops over a long period of time. As the spinal canal narrows, it can squeeze (compress) and irritate the nerve roots that branch out from th

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  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis - Surgery

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    02/21/08, Healthwise

    Surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis is done to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or the nerve roots. During surgery, damaged parts of your spine are removed or adjusted. When successful, surgery enlarges the spinal canal and rel

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  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis - Other Treatment

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    02/21/08, Healthwise

    Physical therapy is an important part of nonsurgical and postsurgical treatment for spinal stenosis. Physical therapy can reduce pain, improve function, and build muscle strength. Your physical therapist may teach you exercises to

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  • Should I have surgery for spinal stenosis?

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    02/21/08, Healthwise

    Spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal, which occurs when growth of bone or other tissues reduces the size of the openings in the bones of the spine. This narrowing can squeeze (compress) and irritate the nerve roots that br

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  • Decompressive laminectomy for spinal stenosis

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    02/21/08, Healthwise

    Decompressive laminectomy is the most common type of surgery done to treat spinal stenosis. This surgery is done to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or spinal nerve roots caused by age-related changes in the spine and to treat

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  • Should I have surgery for a herniated disc?

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    07/21/08, Healthwise

    The bones that form the spine in your back are cushioned by discs. Spinal discs are round and flat, with a tough, outer layer (capsule or annulus) that surrounds a jellylike material (nucleus). When these discs are healthy, they act as sh

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  • Should I have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for low back pain?

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    02/06/08, Healthwise

    Strained muscles and ligaments are the most common cause of low back pain and stiffness. This type of low back trouble generally goes away after 4 to 6 weeks of nonsurgical treatment.

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  • Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain

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    01/20/09, Healthwise

    Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a procedure that uses an electrical current to treat chronic pain. A small pulse generator, implanted in the back, sends electrical pulses to the spinal cord. These pulses interfere with the nerve impu

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  • Chemonucleolysis for herniated disc

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    07/21/08, Healthwise

    Chemonucleolysis is the injection of an enzyme into a bulging spinal disc, with the goal of reducing the disc's size. This procedure is performed in a hospital or surgical center as an outpatient procedure.

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