Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae: Incidence in a Consecutive Patient Series
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Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae: incidence in a consecutive patient series.
BACKGROUND Great variability exists in the reported frequency of transitional vertebra in the general population as well as in symptomatic lumbar spine patients. OBJECTIVE To determine the occurrence rate of transitional vertebra in consecutive lumbar spine patients in our practice. DESIGN A prospective, observational study METHODS Plain films were viewed and the presence or absence of a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: January 2006
سال: 2006
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2006/9/53