Journal article
Orientation and osteoarthritis of the lumbar facet joint
Clinical orthopaedics and related research, Vol.385(385), pp.88-94
2001
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200104000-00015
PMID: 11302332
Abstract
Several studies have shown an association between sagittal orientation of the facet joint and degenerative spondylolisthesis. There is currently no information available on the association between orientation of the facet joint and osteoarthritis. This study examined the association between orientation and osteoarthritis of the lumbar facet joints. One hundred eleven consecutive patients underwent plain radiography and magnetic resonance imaging. These patients were divided into two groups: No Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Group (98 patients) and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Group (13 patients). In the No Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Group, segments with higher grades of osteoarthritis showed more sagittal orientation of the facetjoints at the L3-L4 and L4-L5 levels. The facet joint was oriented significantly more sagittally in the Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Group than in the No Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Group at the L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels. The severity of facet joint osteoarthritis was significantly higher in the Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Group than in the No Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Group at the L3-L4, L4-L5, and L5-S1 levels. A significant association was found between sagittal orientation and osteoarthritis of the lumbar facet joints, even in patients without degenerative spondylolisthesis. Facet joint osteoarthritis, rather than spondylolisthesis, is the pathoanatomic feature that is associated with sagittal orientation of the facet joints in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Orientation and osteoarthritis of the lumbar facet joint
- Creators
- Atsushi Fujiwara - Dokkyo UniversityKazuya Tamai - Dokkyo UniversityHoward S AN - Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical CenterTae-Hong Lim - Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical CenterHiroyuki Yoshida - Dokkyo UniversityAkira Kurihashi - Kuramochi Hospital, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, JapanKoichi Saotome - Dokkyo University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical orthopaedics and related research, Vol.385(385), pp.88-94
- Publisher
- Springer
- DOI
- 10.1097/00003086-200104000-00015
- PMID
- 11302332
- ISSN
- 0009-921X
- eISSN
- 1528-1132
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2001
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984197142202771
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