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What does multilevel right and left moderate neuroforaminal narrowing mean? and what does moderate spinal stenosis mean?

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Dr. Edward Hellman answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

"Pinched nerve": Stenosis is the medical term for narrowing. Spinal stenosis refers to a narrowing of the spinal canal that transmits the nerves, including the neural foramen. Symptoms of spinal stenosis can include back and buttock pain that is worse with prolonged standing or walking. Patients with spinal stenosis will sometimes lean forward or onto a shopping cart when they walk. Be seen, many good options.

Answered 1/31/2017

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