On the Incidence of the Sacralized Transverse Process and Its Significance
Autor: | Sherwood Moore |
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Rok vydání: | 1924 |
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Zdroj: | Radiology. 2:287-301 |
ISSN: | 1527-1315 0033-8419 |
DOI: | 10.1148/2.5.287 |
Popis: | INTEREST in the sacralization of the transverse process of the fifth lumbar vertebra has manifested itself in a very extensive list of publications, the greater part being by French and Italian writers. It is evident that the problem of the sacralized transverse process has, in France, attracted a degree of attention seemingly out of proportion to its medical importance. One writer, Leri (1), caustically states that it has become the “mode,” which is reminiscent of our “sacro-iliac strain” of a few years ago. Painful sacralization has been designated “Bertolotti's syndrome” in Italy, following the publications on that subject of the writer of that name (2). In England, Holland (3) has published an excellent paper on this subject and states that there were no other British titles. Among other things, he reports that he encountered 10 cases in the course of a year. In this country, Goldthwait (4) and Adams (5) have written on sacralization. Moore (6), Bauman (7) and Rugh (8) have dealt with the operative re... |
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