Are patterns of lumbar disc degeneration associated with low back pain? New insights based on skipped level disc pathology

Abstract

Free Papers: Spine ‐ Lumbar: abstract no. 29648INTRODUCTION: The clinical relevance of 'patterns' of disc degeneration of the lumbar spine is unknown. In the setting of multilevel disc degeneration (2 or more levels), this study addressed the clinical implications of skipped level disc degeneration (SLDD) to that of consecutive, multilevel disc degeneration (CMDD) of the lumbar ...poatprin