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Introduction: Simultaneous spinal stenosis in three regions of the spine is an unusual condition that demands proper clinical evaluation and imaging. Currently, there are no established guidelines for its diagnostic and therapeutic approach.

Objective: The objective of this study is to describe, based on a case report, the clinical presentation, treatment, and patient progression concerning triple stenosis, contrasting it with available evidence through a narrative review of the literature.

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Introduction: Epidural injections are frequent and safe procedures. Severe complications are infrequent, and they have been reported in elderly comorbid patients with predisposing factors. The objectives of this work are to present a case of an extensive epidural lumbar abscess in a young non-comorbid male patient after a therapeutic L5-S1 injection and a literature review about this subject.

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Accuracy of intraoperative neuromonitoring during percutaneous cement discoplasty.

Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba

August 2021

Institute of Orthopedics "Carlos E. Ottolenghi," Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Potosí 4215, Buenos Aires, Argentina..

Introduction: Percutaneous cement discoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure to treat low back pain due to advanced degenerative disc disease in elderly patients. Complications of this procedure has been described such as infection, vertebral fracture, cement leakage and nerve injury. Intraoperative neuromonitoring is used to detect the latter.

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