CHANGES FACETS JOINTS IN TRAUMA AND DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF THE LUMBAR SPINE

Abstract

Produced spondilometric measurements of the lumbosacral spine is normal (20 cases) and in patients with spinal cord injury and degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the spine (43 cases). The width of the facet joint space joints on both sides, its relation to the longitudinal axis of the body in degrees and another on the same level were studied. The width of the facet joint space at the lumbosacral level of 3.5–4.0 mm, the area of the intervertebral foramen varies from 96–132 mm2. Among the changes in the parameters of the vertebral-motor segment can distinguish moderate, marked and significant extent that is important in determining the amount of the alleged operation.

Keywords

• spinal injury
• degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the spine
• facet joints
• spondilometric measurement