Back and Neck question: What is moderate ligamentum flavum and facet hypertrophy? dont know the answer to the question dont know the answer to the question.
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This chronic arthritis causes the ligaments lining the spinal canal to over grow or hypertrophy (ligamentum flavum hypertrophy). The resulting combinations of hypertrophy, facet enlargement, disc bulge and swelling narrows the spinal canal leaving little or no room for the spinal cord to pass.
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www.getprolo.com/prolotherapy_and_spine_disorders.htm
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These changes include cartilaginous hypertrophy of the articulations surrounding the canal, intervertebral disc herniations or bulges, hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum and osteophyte formation.
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These changes, which include intervertebral disk degeneration, disk space narrowing, spur formation, and facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, can lead to the narrowing of the cervical spinal canal. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) refers to the clinical presentation resulting from these degenerative processes.
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/1264527-overview
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Degenerative changes of the spine can include osteophyte formation, facet hypertrophy, bulging disks, and hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum. Any of these processes can result in canal or foraminal narrowing. Degenerative spondylolisthesis can further compromise the canal.1...
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Canal narrowing, in part, results from hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum. The hypertrophy mechanism remains unclear. Based on our preliminary analyses, we have previously proposed that the hypertrophy may be due to accumulation of scar tissue in the ligament.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/17495768
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Background: It is well known that age-related fibrosis, or decreases in the elastin-to-collagen ratio of the ligamentum flavum, along with hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum, are associated with lumbar spinal stenosis.
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www.ejbjs.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/12/2750
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BACKGROUND: It is well known that age-related fibrosis, or decreases in the elastin-to-collagen ratio of the ligamentum flavum, along with hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum, are associated with lumbar spinal stenosis. RESULTS: The ligamentum flavum was significantly thicker in the patients with spinal stenosis (mean,
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16322626
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The diagnosis is confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging that shows narrowing of the spinal canal caused by osteophytes, herniated discs and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy.
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