The orientation of facet joints and transverse articular dimension in degenerative spondylolisthesis.
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| ID: sea-38829
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To determine whether the orientation of facet joints, facet tropism and transverse articular dimension could play a role in degenerative spondylolisthesis. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
MRI study of L4-5 level of twenty degenerative spondylolisthesis and age-matched twenty control group were included. The orientation of facet joints, transverse articular dimension (TAD) and cosine facet orientation of TAD were measured with two independent observers.RESULTS:
The facet orientation of more than 43 degrees and cosine facet orientation of TAD less than 7.4 were statistically significant for developing degenerative spondylolisthesis (p < 0.05).CONCLUSION:
The facet orientation of degenerative spondylolisthesis patients was more sagittal orientation than the the control group, and the cosine facet orientation of TAD was also less than the control group.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Spondylolisthesis
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Case-Control Studies
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Adult
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Zygapophyseal Joint
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Lumbar Vertebrae
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Middle Aged
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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