Publications by authors named "Karuppanan Sukumaran Sri Vijay Anand"
A Whole-Spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Cross-Sectional Study of the Clinicoradiological Association of Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebra with Degenerative Disc Disease, End Plate Degeneration, Low Back Pain, and Facet Tropism.
Chintan Bhagchandani Chandhan Murugan Thirumurugan Arumugam Sri Vijay Anand Karuppanan Sukumaran Ajoy Prasad Shetty
World Neurosurg
May 2024
Objective: To understand lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV)-associated degenerative pathologies and their correlation to low back pain and radicular pain.
Methods: Whole-spine magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated for disc degeneration using Pfirrmann grading, end plate changes using total end plate score (TEPS), and facet tropism in patients with low back pain and radicular pain, and their association with LSTV was analyzed.
Results: In group 1, LSTV was seen in 15% of patients with 83% of these patients having sacralization.
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates body drift in neurofibromatosis scoliosis (NF) compared to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), revealing that NF patients experience significant changes in vertebral body positioning due to severe pedicle alterations.
- - Radiographic analyses showed that NF patients had a higher average cobb angle (77.6°) than AIS patients (63.7°), with 9 out of 10 apical vertebrae in the NF group displaying notable body drift, which was absent in the AIS group despite their larger deformity.
- - The findings highlight the necessity for comprehensive preoperative imaging, like 3D CT scans, to mitigate the risk of spinal cord injury during surgery due to body drift in