The paradoxical  relationship between ligamentum flavum hypertrophy and developmental lumbar spinal stenosis

Ligamentum flavum (LF) hypertrophy is a common cause of lumbar spinal stenosis  and is thought to be degeneration-driven. Developmental spinal stenosis (DSS) is characterized by pre-existing narrowed spinal can...

Source: Scoliosis - September 5, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Prudence Wing Hang Cheung, Vivian Tam, Victor Yu Leong Leung, Dino Samartzis, Kenneth Man-Chee Cheung, Keith Dip-Kei Luk and Jason Pui Yin Cheung Source Type: research