Studies of Etiology on Lumbar Disc Lesion Report 1

Correlation between Disc Lesion and Trauma, Developmental anomaly

Abstract

The various suggestions have been made as to the etiology of the lumbar disc lesions. Of these suggestions the correlation between disc lesion and trauma, developmental anomaly were investigated about 109 cases which were diagnosed by neurological sign and special contrast studies. The results were as follows,
1) The corerelation between
1. disc lesion and trauma was 25.3%
2. disc lesion and developmental anomaly was not clear.
2) Disc lesions with transitional vertebra were often localized in L_4-5 discs.
3) The frequency with spina bifida occulta in spondylolysis is high.