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Prevalence of Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae (LSTV) among Patients Presented to the Outpatient Department of Orthopedics in Tertiary Care Center
Ratul Shyam, Bitupan Kalita, Abhishek Kayal and Lakshi Rekha Taye
Page: 67-70 | Received 25 Aug 2024, Published online: 12 Oct 2024
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Abstract
Lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV) is a congenital anomaly of the lumbosacral junction in the spine. It occurs due to socialization or lumbarization, in socialization the transverse processes of the fifth lumbar vertebra get fused with the first sacral segment and in lumbarization the first sacral segment shows an abnormal transverse process like that of the lumbar vertebra. Presence of LSTV is associated with low back pain. Presence of LSTV may cause incorrect numbering of the lumber vertebra, which may lead to untoward clinical consequences during the different clinical procedure. There is wide variety in the prevalence of LSTV in different part of the world. The present study aims to determine the prevalence of LSTV among patients in the Orthopaedics department of a tertiary care center. The study was a cross‐sectional study done among the patients attending outpatient department of Orthopaedics, Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital, North Lakhimpur, Assam for low back pain. A total of 350 patient of age 18 and above were included, anteroposterior view X‐ray was done after informed consent. When present, LSTV were further classified according to the Castellvi radiographic classification. The present study found a prevalence of 19.70% of LSTV among the patients. There was no difference in the prevalence among the male and female. Majority of the patients falls in the type Ib (31%) followed by IIIb (23%) and IIB (16%) as per Castellvi’s classification. Majority of the patients 84.06% (n=58) with LSTV shows socialization. It can be seen from the finding of the present study that prevalence of LSTV is high. Therefore, the awareness among the clinician about the presence of LSTV is very important so that any untoward event during clinical procedure can be averted.
How to cite this article:
Ratul Shyam, Bitupan Kalita, Abhishek Kayal and Lakshi Rekha Taye. Prevalence of Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae (LSTV) among Patients Presented to the Outpatient Department of Orthopedics in Tertiary Care Center.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.11.67.70
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