Open AccessMULTIPLE DYSTROPHIC PATHOLOGY OF THE LUMBAR SPINE WITH А MULTI-LEVEL HERNIATED DISC
Author(s) -
М. В. Олизарович
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2014-11-4-11
Subject(s) - medicine , spondylolisthesis , posterior longitudinal ligament , lumbar spine , lumbar , calcification , neurology , muscle hypertrophy , radiology , anatomy , surgery , ossification , psychiatry
The aim of this study was to analyze the types of multiple pathology of the lumbar spine with а multilevel herniated disc. Material and methods. We conducted a survey, analyzed medical records and CT and MRT reports of 87 patients with multiple disorders of the lumbar spine, having been operated at the Neurology ward over 2007-2013. Results. 82 (94.3 %) patients revealed multiple comorbidities of the lumbar spine. We noted the prevalence of spondylarthrosis (89.7 % vs. 72.4 % in men) and spondylolisthesis (6.9 % vs. 1.7 % in men) in the women. In the men, yellow ligament hypertrophy (29.3 % vs. 17.2 % in the women) and calcification of the longitudinal ligaments (13.8 % vs. 6.9 % in the women) were more common. Conclusion. Multiple comorbidities of the lumbar spine were detected in 94.3 % of the patients. Most often the underlying pathology was accompanied by spondylarthrosis (78.2 %), spondylosis (73.6 %) and Schmorl hernia (31 %).