Is Facet Tropism Associated with Increased Risk of Disc Herniation in the Lumbar Spine?

CONCLUSIONS: FT is associated with increased risk of L4/L5 intervertebral disc herniation, but not at the L5/S1 level. In addition, disc herniation occurred toward the more sagittally oriented facet joint. PMID: 29879769 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29879769?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asian Spine Journal - June 9, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research

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