The hip and
lumbar spine are conventionally used as the measurement sites for BMD14, and the results are depicted via two measures, T-scores and Z-scores.
Changes in the lumbosacral angle, sacral inclination and the curvature of the
lumbar spine with aging.
(15) found that the multipoint Dixon technique shows superior SNR and CNR than STIR, to our knowledge, no prior report has demonstrated a direct comparison of the quantitative parameters between Dixon and SPAIR techniques applied to
lumbar spine lesions.
A systematic review comparing dynamic instrumentation to fusion for
lumbar spine pathologies by Chou et al.
Degenerative
lumbar spine surgery is one of the most common procedures performed in a neurosurgical unit for lower back and leg pain1.
PD patients undergoing
lumbar spine surgery had more comorbidities than those without PD (Table 3).
The qualitative imaging findings in stenosis of the
lumbar spine may be broadly classified into the specific causes of anatomic narrowing and their effect on neural elements.
Delfini, "Comment on "Controversies about Interspinous Process Devices in the Treatment of Degenerative
Lumbar Spine Diseases: Past, Present, and Future"," BioMed Research International, vol.
As a whole
lumbar spine has five vertebrae and four spinal motion units, a direct comparison is unsuitable.
When ossification exists in the
lumbar spine and extends to the lateral wall of the spinal canal, facetectomy is required to remove all of the ossified lesion.
has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to market VariLift-LX as an interbody fusion device for stand-alone use in the
lumbar spine, the company said on Thursday.