| The Effect of Vertebral Endplate Area and Shape in the Patients with Lumbar Herniated Intervertebral Disc. |
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Kim, Yoon Jin , Lee, Yoon Jeong , Bae, Gi Jeong , Lim, Sang Hee , Park, Sa Yun , Kim, Eun Joo , Moon, Jae Ho |
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. kimyj0328@hanmail.net
2Rehabilitation Institute of Muscular Disease, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. |
| 요추부 척추 종판 부위의 면적과 모양이 추간판 탈출증에 미치는 영향 |
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김윤진, 이윤정, 배기정, 임상희, 박사윤, 김은주, 문재호 |
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연세대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실 및 근육병 재활연구소 |
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| Abstract |
Objective
To determine whether the area and the shape of the vertebral body endplate in the magnetic resonance image (MRI) findings were risk factors for the development of symptomatic herniated lumbar intervertebral disc.
Method
Sixty patients of low back pain with the age below 60 were enrolled. They didn't have spondylolisthesis or the history of spine surgery. MRI films of these patients were reviewed. Anteroposterior and transverse diameter of endplates, height of vertebral body and intervertebral discs were measured. The relation of these data and intervertebral disc herniation, body weight, height, body mass index (BMI) were statistically studied.
Results
Patients' weight, BMI, the vertebral body area and the shape of the endplate were related to disc herniations. Furthermore, the larger and circular vertebral body was observed in the patients with disc herniation. In the patients with lower back pain, men were diagnosed disc herniations of the MRI finding more than women.
Conclusion
In anatomical aspect, the area and the shape of the vertebral body at the endplate level were important factors contributing to the development of disc herniations at L4-L5 and L5-S1. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2003; 27: 399-403)
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| Key Words:
Herniated lumbar intervertebral disc, Law of LaPlace, Endplate |
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