Transitional lumbosacral vertebrae and low back pain: Diagnostic pitfalls and management of Bertolotti's syndrome

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 2 A, 2009, Pages 268-272

  De Almeida, Daniel Benzecry ^a   Mattei, Tobias Alécio ^a   Sória, Marília Grando ^a   Prandini, Mirto Nelso ^b   Leal, André Giacomelli ^a   Milano, Jerônimo Buzzeti ^a   Ramina, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGIA DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbosacral region; Spine

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BERTOLOTTI SYNDROME; BERTOLOTTIS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 67650717679     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000200018     Document Type: Article

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