Extraforaminal entrapment of the fifth lumbar spinal nerve by nearthrosis in patients with lumbosacral transitional vertebrae.
Ryo KanematsuJunya HanakitaToshiyuki TakahashiManabu MinamiYosuke TomitaFumiaki HondaPublished 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 (2020)
L5 nerve root was compressed by nearthrosis in 64% of symptomatic patients with LSTV; this region should be carefully assessed in all symptomatic patients with LSTV.
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