Radiographic Analysis of the Lumbosacral Juncture: Is There a Critical Sacral Angle for Total Disc Replacement?

Rattalerk Arunakul Melodie F Metzger Linda E A Kanim Hyun W Bae Michael Kropf Rick Delamarter

Published in: Asian spine journal (2017)

We reviewed a large range of SS angles and found no associations between SS, PI, or BMI and clinical outcomes after ADR at L5/S1. These preliminary results demonstrate that ADR provided maintainence of pain relief and functional improvement for a wide range of SS angles, suggesting that steeper angles are not a contraindication for ADR.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
chronic pain
body mass index
neuropathic pain
high resolution
emergency department
spinal cord injury
spinal cord
weight gain
mass spectrometry
drug induced