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Uncertainties in the Measurement of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis at MR Imaging: Are They Clinically Relevant?

Uncertainties in the Measurement of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis at MR Imaging: Are They Clinically... Uncertainties in the Measurement of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis at MR Imaging: Are They Clinically Relevant? deepdyve.host = 'www.deepdyve.com'; // replace with an affiliateId that we provide deepdyve.affiliateId = "highwire-rsnajnls"; // the div to fill in with the rental link deepdyve.divId = 'rentalLink'; // this is the anchor text for the rental link deepdyve.rentText = "Rent Article for $0.99"; // document identifier and identifier type deepdyve.fieldName = 'journal_mjid'; deepdyve.docId = "radiology;263/1/310"; var callbackToken='4750223371EA60F'; GS_googleAddAdSenseService("ca-pub-3649609630781117"); GS_googleEnableAllServices(); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-3649609630781117", "radiology-homepage-leaderboard-728x90"); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-3649609630781117", "radiology-homepage-upper_right-125x125"); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-3649609630781117", "radiology-nonarticlepages-leaderboard-728x90"); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-3649609630781117", "radiology-nonarticlepages-upper_right-125x125"); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-3649609630781117", "radiology-podcasts-upper_right-120x90"); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-3649609630781117", "radiology-toc_ad_one-120x300"); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-3649609630781117", "radiology-toc_ad_two-125x125"); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-3649609630781117", "radiology-toc_ad_three-125x125"); GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-3649609630781117", "radiology-toc_ad_four-125x125"); GA_googleFetchAds(); var journalCode = 'radiology'; Skip to main page content HOME CURRENT ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS 中国 (ABSTRACTS) RADIOLOGY SELECT RADIOGRAPHICS RSNA.org Search GO Advanced Search Institution: DeepDyve Sign In as Member / Individual User Name Password Sign In Uncertainties in the Measurement of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis at MR Imaging: Are They Clinically Relevant? Francisco M. Kovacs , MD, PhD * , † , Carmen Martínez , MD † ‡ , Estanislao Arana , MD, MHA, PhD † § ‖ , Ana Royuela , MSc † # , ** , Ana Estremera , MD † ‡ , Guillermo Amengual , MD † ‡ , Beatriz Asenjo , MD, PhD † †† , Helena Sarasíbar , MD † # , Isabel Galarraga , MD † ‡‡ , Ana Alonso , MD † §§ , Carlos Casillas , MD, PhD † ‖‖ , Alfonso Muriel , MSc † # , ** and Víctor Abraira , PhD † # , ** Scientific Department, Fundación Kovacs, Palma de Mallorca, Spain * Spanish Back Pain Research Network, Fundación Kovacs, Palma de Mallorca, Spain † Department of Radiology, Hospital Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain ‡ Department of Radiology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia C/Beltrán Báguena 19, 46009 Valencia, Spain § e-mail: aranae@uv.es Fundación Instituto de Investigación en Servicios de Salud, Valencia, Spain ‖ CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain # Clinical Biostatistics Unit, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain ** Department of Radiology, Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain †† Hospital de Manacor, Manacor, Mallorca, Spain ‡‡ Department of Radiology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain §§ Department of Radiology, Instituto de Traumatología Unión de Mutuas, Castellón, Spain ‖‖ Editor: We congratulate Dr Andreisek and colleagues on their recent editorial in the December 2011 issue of Radiology, in which they highlight uncertainties surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and call for the standardization of nomenclature and measurements defining it, together with collaboration among experts from different specialties, following the example set by the Combined Task Forces (CTF) of several societies when issuing the CTF nomenclature ( 1 ). However, there are several issues that might be worth considering. First, the inter- and intrarreader variability in the interpretation of lumbar disk contour at magnetic resonance … (Full Text of this Article) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Radiology Radiological Society of North America, Inc.

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