J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1972 Jun;7(2):209-215. 10.4055/jkoa.1972.7.2.209.

A Study of Spurs in the Spine

• Choi CG
• Kim I

• KMID: 2463881
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1972.7.2.209

Abstract

Based on a study of 140 caaes of spondyloses with chronic backache, the sites and types of spurs and underlying congenital anomalies were analized. The following results were obtained. The most common sites of spurs were expected to be between L5 & S1 but contrary to the expectation, these were found most commonly between L4 & L5 and between L3 & L4. The reason for the preponderance of the spurs between L4 & L5 and L3 & L4 were not immediately available. All spurs represent claw type except in 4 cases which resemble traction spurs of McNab but without segamental instability. There were 39 cases of congenital anomalies. 28 of them were of tropism. Thus we conclude that the most common congenital anomaly associated with spondylosis is tropism.

MeSH Terms

Animals
Back Pain
Hoof and Claw
Spine*
Spondylosis
Traction
Tropism