Surgical treatment of spinal canal stenosis at the lumbar level in the elderly and senile patients

The review provides current data on the available literature on pathophysiology and clinical features of degenerative spinal canal stenosis in age-related patients. The possibilities of modern instrumental diagnostics of this pathology are described, a differential clinical diagnosis of lumbar stenosis is presented. Methods of surgical treatment of degenerative stenosis are described. The data on the effectiveness of surgical treatment, including in elderly patients. The features of anesthesia and risk factors for the adverse outcome of the surgical treatment of degenerative stenosis in elderly patients are described.