Numeric and morphological verification of lumbosacral segments in 8280 consecutive patients

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Paik, Nam Chull ^a   Lim, Chun Soo ^a   Jang, Ho Suk ^a  

^a Arumdaun Wooldul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Castellvi's classifi cation; cross referencing; lumbarization; lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); numeric variation; picture archiving and communication system (PACS); sacralization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL TRANSITIONAL VERTEBRA; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY; X RAY FILM;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84876975392     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828b7195     Document Type: Article

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