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11764427

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
Transitional vertebrae (TV) may be one of the risk factors for lumbar disc herniation. It is not clear, however, whether the presence of TV can affect the development of nerve-root symptoms. Our aim was to clarify this relationship. A total of 501 patients with lumbar degenerative disease and nerve-root symptoms was studied in respect of their level and the presence of TV. As a control group, 508 patients without low back pain or nerve-root symptoms were studied to establish the incidence of TV. In patients with disc herniation, the incidence was statistically higher and the mean age lower in patients with TV than in those without. In most patients, the symptomatic disc level was just above the TV. Similarly, in those with stenosis of the spinal canal without spondylolisthesis, the symptomatic disc level was most commonly just above the TV.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0301-620X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1137-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae and nerve-root symptoms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article