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DIAGNOSTICS
Volume 13, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13203190
Keywords
lumbar vertebrae; Pfirrmann grading system; intervertebral disc degeneration; intervertebral disc displacement; magnetic resonance imaging
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The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the intervertebral disc height and degeneration between the normal group and the group with disc herniation at the L4-L5 level using MRI and the Pfirrmann grading system. The results showed that the disc height in the herniated group was lower than in the normal group, and the herniated group had higher Pfirrman scores in terms of disc degeneration compared to the normal group.
Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the intervertebral disc height and intervertebral disc degeneration between the normal group and the group with disc herniation at the level of the L4-L5 intervertebral disc by MRI using the Pfirrmann grading system. Materials and Methods: 385 patients were included in this study. MRI images were reevaluated and intervertebral disc heights were measured from the anterior, middle and posterior segments. Researchers divided disc pathologies into two groups. In the non-herniated group; normal or bulging ones; in the herniated group, they included those with protrusion or extrusion. Results: 385 lumbar MRI examinations meeting the study criteria were included in study. There were 56.9% (219/385) females and 43.1% (166/385) males in the study. For the whole patients in the study group, the intervertebral disc height values at the L4-5 level were measured as 12.34 mm, 11.58 mm, and 7.60 mm in the anterior, middle, and posterior localizations, respectively. Conclusions: At the L4-5 level, the height of the disc distances in the herniated group was lower than in the normal group. The Pfirrman score was found to be higher in the herniated group in terms of disc degeneration compared to the normal group.
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