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 ...

The cause of low back pain due to lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV) still remains a debated topic. Functional imaging with bone scintigraphy has been a valuable adjunct in its assessment; however, in recent years, the additional utility of single-photon emission tomography with computed tomography (SPECT/CT) is evolving as the imaging modality of choice in identifying range of complex lo...

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...

Transitional lumbosacral vertebrae in the form of SI lumbarization and LV sacralization are classified as spinal anomalies. In domestic medical literature, there few publications devoted to these pathological conditions. course a study available literature on problem transitional vertebrae, it was found that frequency cases diagnosis ranges from 4 30% clinical cases. The share patients with lum...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of radiological images. PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of lumbosacral transition vertebra (LSTV) and to study its significance with respect to clinically significant spinal symptoms, disc degeneration and herniation. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE LSTV is the most common congenital anomaly of the lumbosacral spine. The prevalence has been debated to vary bet...