title: The relationship between sagittal spinopelvic parameters and the degree of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in young adult patients with low-grade spondylolytic spondylolisthesis.
abstract: We investigated the relationship between spinopelvic parameters and disc degeneration in young adult patients with spondylolytic spondylolisthesis. A total of 229 men with a mean age of 21 years (18 to 26) with spondylolytic spondylolisthesis were identified. All radiological measurements, including pelvic incidence, sacral slope, pelvic tilt, lumbar lordosis, sacral inclination, lumbosacral angle (LSA), and sacrofemoral distance, were calculated from standing lateral lumbosacral radiographs. The degree of intervertebral disc degeneration was classified using a modified Pfirrmann scale. We analysed the spinopelvic parameters according to disc level, degree of slip and disc degeneration. There were significant positive correlations between the degree of slip and pelvic incidence (p = 0.009), sacral slope (p = 0.003) and lumbar lordosis (p = 0.010). The degree of slip and the LSA were correlated with disc degeneration (p < 0.001 and p = 0.003, respectively). There was also a significant difference between the degree of slip (p < 0.001) and LSA (p = 0.006) according to the segmental level of disc degeneration.
authors.affiliation: Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, 20 Geonji-ro Deokjin-gu Jeonju, Chonbuk 561-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Y-M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Eun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008141:Lordosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Intervertebral disc degeneration; Lordosis; Spinal curvatures; Spine; Spinoelvic parameters; Spondylolisthesis