Co-occurrence of lumbar spondylolysis and lumbar disc herniation with lumbosacral nerve root anomaly

Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-101

  Yilmaz, Tevfik ^a   Turan, Yahya ^b   Gulsen, Ismail ^a   Dalbayrak, Sedat ^c  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Neurospinal Academy   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronal magnetic resonance imaging; lumbar disc hernia; root anomaly; spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPONDYLOLYSIS; LUMBOSACRAL NERVE ROOT ANOMALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARS INTERARTICULARIS DEFECT; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 84907033731     PISSN: 09748237     EISSN: 09769285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8237.139211     Document Type: Article

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