Abstract
The commonest reason of the lower back pain is lumbar canal stenosis. To know the types of lumbar canal 50 healthy males were radiographed and studied. The transverse diameter of lumbar canal was measured by the Verniercaliper at all lumbar levels. The canal was classified into various types as described by Piera et al (1988). The mean transverse diameter and its range were calculated at each lumbar level. Details of observations showed that Type "A" was the commonest type of canal present and Type "B" is the second most common type of canal found in the present study.
Keywords: Lumbar canal stenosis,mean transverse diameter, lumbar canal.
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Corresponding Author
Saini Pankaj
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i11.41
