[HTML][HTML] Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae: classification, imaging findings, and clinical relevance

GP Konin, DM Walz - American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2010 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
LSTVs are common within the spine, and their association with low back pain has been
debated in the literature for nearly a century. LSTVs include sacralization of the lowest …

Imaging of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae

RJ Hughes, A Saifuddin - Clinical radiology, 2004 - Elsevier
Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are a common finding in the general population.
Their clinical significance is controversial with no consensus as to their relationship to low …

A review of symptomatic lumbosacral transitional vertebrae: Bertolotti's syndrome

JM Jancuska, JM Spivak, JA Bendo - International journal of spine …, 2015 - ijssurgery.com
Background Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are increasingly recognized as a
common anatomical variant associated with altered patterns of degenerative spine changes …

[PDF][PDF] The clinical significance of lumbosacral transitional anomalies

JL Bron, BJ van Royen, P Wuisman - Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, 2007 - researchgate.net
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 …

Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae: association with low back pain

L Nardo, H Alizai, W Virayavanich, F Liu, A Hernandez… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the prevalence and degree of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV)
in the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) cohort, to assess whether LSTV correlates with low back …

Lumbosacral transitional vertebra in a population-based study of 5860 individuals: prevalence and relationship to low back pain

M Tang, X Yang, S Yang, P Han, Y Ma, H Yu… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV) within the
Chinese Han population, and to determine whether LSTV correlates with low back pain …

The prevalence of transitional vertebrae in the lumbar spine

A Apazidis, PA Ricart, CM Diefenbach, JM Spivak - The Spine Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTVs) are a congenital
vertebral anomaly of the L5–S1 junction in the spine. This alteration may contribute to …

Sacral dysmorphism and lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) review

DM Matson, LM MacCormick, JN Sembrano… - International Journal of …, 2020 - ijssurgery.com
Background: Anatomic variation in the relationship between the lumbar spine and sacrum
was first described in the literature nearly a century ago and continues to play an important …

Clinical assessment and management of Bertolotti Syndrome: a review of the literature

K McGrath, E Schmidt, N Rabah, M Abubakr… - The Spine Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Bertolotti Syndrome is a diagnosis given to patients experiencing pain caused by the
presence of a lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV), which is characterized by …

Variations in morphology of the lumbosacral junction on sagittal MRI: correlation with plain radiography

CM O'Driscoll, A Irwin, A Saifuddin - Skeletal radiology, 1996 - Springer
Objective. To identify on sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the lumbar
spine the features that indicate the presence of a lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV) …