OBJECTIVE The etiology and pathology of pain in the lumbosacral region and pelvis of pregnant women during and after pregnancy have not been fully determined. This study evaluated if lower back pain during pregnancy and after childbirth is connected with static alterations in the alignment of the pelvis, dysfunction of sacroiliac joints, and irritation of the pelvic ligaments and spine in the l...

STUDY DESIGN Survival analysis techniques were used to compare the fatigue failure responses of elderly motion segments to a middle-aged sample. OBJECTIVES To compare fatigue life of a middle-aged sample of lumbosacral motion segments to a previously tested elderly cohort. An additional objective was to evaluate the influence of bone mineral content on cycles to failure. SUMMARY OF BACKGROU...

A 25-year-old woman, gravida 1, para 0, was referred to our hospital at 24 weeks’ gestation for routine second-trimester sonography. The patient had no notable medical history, no history of exposure to any toxic substances, and no notable family history. The couple was nonconsanguineous. Sonography at 12 weeks’ gestation revealed no abnormality. Second-trimester serum marker values were normal...

Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are common congenital anomalies of the human spine. In LSTV, either the fifth lumbar vertebra may show assimilation to the sacrum (sacralisation), or the first sacral vertebra may show transition to a lumbar configuration (lumbarisation). Although the condition has an incidence of over 12% in the general population, knowledge about the exact clinical im...

Adult tethered cord syndrome (ATCS) is a rare entity that usually presents with multiple neurological symptoms, including lower extremity pain, backache, lower extremity muscle weakness, and bowel/bladder disturbances. Prompt surgical treatment is often necessary to avoid permanent sequelae. We report a 63-year-old man with sudden-onset severe right chest and upper back pain, followed by urinar...

Introduction: The subject of the study is analyzing temperature distribution on lower limbs in patients with discopathy lumbosacral spine requiring surgery. Aim: answer to question whether surgical treatment reduces differences undergoing Material and methods: Thermograms were performed before second day after microdiscectomy or posterior lumbar interbody fusion. group consisted 37 Neurosurgery...

Traumatic retrolisthesis of the lumbar spine is a rare clinical entity. Only a few case reports have shown retrolisthesis of the fractured fragment over the inferior vertebral body. Fracture dislocations of the spine are unstable injuries that require operative fixation to restore alignment and prevent progressive deformity. We present the case of a traumatic L5-S1 fracture dislocation with ret...

Solitary osteochondromas, which are the most common benign bone tumors of long bones, are rarely found in the vertebral column. A 16-year-old female patient presented with a hard palpable mass at lower lumbar region like a congenital deformity. Plain radiography illustrated a well-defined solid mass arising from the posterior elements of the L3 and ruled out any congenital anomalies. A computed...

Some muscular and osteoarticular diseases pose serious diagnostic problems, e.g. subsequent recurrent or persistent conditions of isolated pain in the extremities, most frequently - in the lower extremities, especially knee joints, and isolated pain in the back, usually in the lumbosacral spine. They are often accompanied by gait abnormalities. The paper herein presents a complex differential d...