{"id":15135,"date":"2026-03-20T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.institutchiaribcn.com\/enfermedades\/spinal-canal-stenosis\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:24:18","slug":"spinal-canal-stenosis","status":"publish","type":"enfermedades","link":"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/spinal-canal-stenosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinal canal stenosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Last update: 03\/20\/2026, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/medical-and-research-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Medical Board number 10389.<\/strong> <strong>Neurosurgeon y Neurologist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spinal canal stenosis means the narrowing of the vertebral canal through which the spinal cord passes. The most frequent kind is a consequence of osteoarthritis, a disease which consists in the degeneration of the joints, facies articularis and ligaments in such a way that the organism tries to mend itself in an exaggerated and disorganized way by taking up spaces that correspond to other structures and compressing them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This can compress the nerve roots within the vertebral holes from which they come out as well as the spinal cord within the vertebral canal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For both above-mentioned cases liberating surgeries are indicated and in some few cases arthrodesis is necessary, meaning a placement of plates and screws. Unless substantial extractions of vertebrae are required, which involve a suffering of the mechanics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1451,"template":"","class_list":["post-15135","enfermedades","type-enfermedades","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spinal canal stenosis Institut Chiari Barcelona<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Summary of spinal canal stenosis causes, typical symptoms, diagnostic approach and therapeutic strategies including surgical options.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/spinal-canal-stenosis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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