Severity of foraminal lumbar stenosis and the relation to clinical symptoms and response to periradicular infiltration – introduction of the “melting sign”

Nerve root compression causing symptomatic radiculopathy can occur within the intervertebral foramen. Sagittal MRI sequences are reliable in detection of nerve root contact to intraforaminal disc material, but a clinically relevant classification of degree of contact is lacking.

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