Dr_SINBOONA_ARARSA_KENENI_SHORT_PEARLS_ON_MEDICAL_CASES_EDITION

53.Buttock and thigh claudication + normal
straight leg raise + pain relieved by rest is =
lumbar Spinal stenosis
Investigations are : MRI shows loss of
epidural fat on T1 weighted images loss
if csf signal around Dural sac and
degerntivr disc disease
Treatment : DE compressive lumbar
laminectomy first line surgical
intervention.
54.Normal straight leg raise in spinal
stenosis differentiate it from other
causes of lower limb nerve pain.