BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Spinal segment variants are highly prevalent and can
potentially lead to incorrect spinal enumeration and, consequently, interventions or …

Purpose To verify iliolumbar ligament (ILL) location, to evaluate magnetic resonance (MR)
imaging morphologic features for detecting lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (TVs)(LSTVs) …

Background: The relationship between lumbosacral transitional vertebrae and low back pain
is not clear. This controversy has been quite intriguing and has been the stimulus for …

Objectives This study sets out to prospectively investigate the incidence of transitional
vertebrae and numerical variants of the spine. Materials and methods Over a period of 28 …

Background An increasing number of studies on spinal morphology in asymptomatic Asian
and Western patients have been reported. Variation in spinal anatomy among patients is …

Objective To compare the spinal enumeration methods that establish the first lumbar
vertebra in patients with spinal variants. Materials and Methods Of the 1446 consecutive …

Study Design: A retrospective single-center study. Background: The prevalence of the
lumbosacral anomalies remains controversial. The existing classification to characterize …

Aims Although lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are well-documented, few large-
scale studies have investigated thoracolumbar transitional vertebrae (TLTV) and spinal …

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This article provides a comprehensive review of spine segmentation and enumeration. This
important and relatively underappreciated issue, when neglected, frequently results in …