Thoracic spinal stenosis may also be accompanied by cervical spinal stenosis and/or lumbar spinal stenosis which are the more common sites of spinal canal narrowing.

No exonic variants were detected in any of the canine orthologues for human lumbar spinal stenosis candidate genes.

Disclosed is an implant (201) for treating lumbar spinal canal stenosis, comprising a spacer (210) that is provided with an elongate interior space (211) into which an insert part (241) can be inserted.

The most well-known occurrence was the story of Kay Carter, suffering from spinal stenosis, who died in Switzerland with the help of Dignitas, a Swiss right-to-die society.