Ligaments of the lumbosacral spine and their role in possible extraforaminal spinal nerve entrapment and tethering.

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Ligaments of the lumbosacral spine and their role in possible extraforaminal spinal nerve entrapment and tethering.

Journal of spinal disorders - 1 Dec 1993

Transfeldt E E, Robertson D, Bradford D S

Abstract excerpt

The extraforaminal ligaments of the lumbosacral spine were studied in 34 cadavers. The corporotransverse ligament attached to the body and transverse process of the same vertebra. The ligament may entrap the exiting nerve root below it in rotary subluxation or in complete disk space loss. The lumbosacral ligament extends from the transverse process of L5 and the L5-S1 disk to the sacral ala, forming the roof of...

Topics

Genetic Variation
Humans
Ligaments
Ligaments, Articular
Lumbosacral Region
Nerve Compression Syndromes
Sciatica
Spinal Nerve Roots

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PMID: 8130399
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199306060-00006

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