Primary cervical decompression surgery may improve lumbar symptoms in patients with tandem spinal stenosis

ConclusionThe improvement of LSS symptoms following cervical decompression surgeries may be associated with the severity of cervical myelopathy as determined in clinical findings rather than in imaging findings. Patients with TSS having a 10-s step test result of<  12 steps were more likely to experience a relapse of lower limb symptoms following cervical decompression surgeries.
Source: European Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research