Sagittal spinal alignment in patients with lumbar disc herniation

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 435 - 438
• Main Authors: Endo, Kenji, Suzuki, Hidekazu, Tanaka, Hidetoshi, Kang, Yupeng, Yamamoto, Kengo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.03.2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - pathology; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - physiopathology; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - surgery; Low Back Pain - pathology; Low Back Pain - physiopathology; Low Back Pain - surgery; Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology; Lumbar Vertebrae - physiopathology; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Lumbosacral Region - pathology; Lumbosacral Region - physiopathology; Lumbosacral Region - surgery; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurosurgery; Original; Original Article; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Spinal Fusion; Spine - pathology; Spine - physiopathology; Spine - surgery; Statistics, Nonparametric; Surgical Orthopedics; Treatment Outcome; Lumbar disc herniation; Radicular pain; Sagittal spinal alignment

A retrospective cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate total sagittal spinal alignment in patients with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and healthy subjects. Abnormal sagittal spinal alignment could cause persistent low back pain in lumbar disease. Previous studies analyzed sciatic scoliotic li...