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Table 1 Patient demography

From: Morphology of intervertebral disc ruptures evaluated by vacuum phenomenon using multi-detector computed tomography: association with lumbar disc degeneration and canal stenosis

Diagnosis

Subjects (male/female)

Average age

LSS

74 (34/40)

71.5 (23–90)

LDH

15 (9/6)

53.6 (36–77)

Cervical diseases

7 (6/1)

62 (44–88)

Others

3 (2/1)

61.3 (50–67)

Total

99 (51/48)

67.5 (23–90)

  1. Computed tomography (CT) images of 99 patients (51 men and 48 women) with spinal diseases were reviewed. The overall average age was 67.5 years-old (range: 23–90). The clinical diagnoses of the patients were 74 lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), 15 lumbar disc herniation (LDH), 7 cervical spinal diseases, and 3 others
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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