Title: Radiographic Evaluation of Lumbo Sacral Spine in Chronic Low Back a patients
Authors: K B Sireesha, Abhilash P
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i10.93
Abstract
Introduction: Low back ache is the most common musculoskeletal complaints among the population now a day’s thus making it a need for early diagnosis & detecting the underlying pathologies like intervening disc changes, lumbar spondyloarthritis, marginal osteophytes, spondylolisthesis, neural foraminal narrowing, TB spine, old wedge compression fractures etc.
Materials & Methods: Present study was conducted on 50 cases in the age between twenty to eighty years for a period of one year (Oct 2018 to Sep 2019) in the Department of Radio-diagnosis, Konaseema Institute Of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation (KIMS & RF), Amalapuram. Referred patients from Department of Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery and evaluated through detailed history, necessary clinical examination & Radiographs are carried out using X ray machine 650mA, SIEMENS MARS -50
Results: In our study, we diagnosed 80% of degenerative spine cases, 14% of disc herniation & 6% of TB spine cases.
Conclusion: Radiograph of the spine permits analysis of the individual vertebrae & also the overall contour of the spinal column thus we conclude radiograph as a primary diagnostic tool in diagnosing chronic low backache cases before consideration of an MRI or a CT scan.
Keywords: Spondyloarthritis, neural foraminal narrowing, disc degeneration.
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