Is lumbosacral transitional vertebra associated with lumbar disc herniation in patients with low back pain?

Fatma F Yıldız Mehtap Balaban Şükrü Cem Hatipoğlu Enejd Veizi

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2022)

A LDH is more common in the presence of a LSTV. Female sex is highly correlated with herniation. Three or more intervertebral disc levels are affected in the presence of an LSTV. Significantly higher degeneration incurs at the M1 and M2 intervertebral levels. Sacralization is a risk factors for a lumbar disc herniation.

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minimally invasive