Endplate lesions in the lumbar spine: a novel MRI-based classification scheme and epidemiology in low back pain patients

European spine journal: official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

Marco Brayda-Bruno¹ 

[1] IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

关键词: Endplate lesions;    Endplate defects;    Pfirrmann grading;    Modic changes;    Classification system;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s00586-018-5787-6

学科分类：骨科学

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

PurposeThe aims of the study were to introduce a classification scheme for endplate lesions based on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and to detect possible associations between endplate lesions and other variables such as age, sex, disc degeneration and Modic changes in a large population.

【 授权许可】

CC BY