Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Summary of previous cases of congenital absence of the lumbosacral articular facet joint associated with conjoined nerve root
Case | Authors | Sex, age (years) | Symptoms | Location of anomalies | Conjoined nerve roots | Presence of HNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Postacchini et al. [19] | Unknown | Unknown | L5-S1 | L5 & S1 | − |
2 | Savas et al. [24] | Unknown | LBP | L5-S1 | L5 & S1 | − |
3 | Savas et al. [24] | Unknown | LBP | L5-S1 | L5 & S1 | − |
Present case | Yoshioka et al. | Male, 39 | LBP, leg pain, palsy | L5-S1 | L5 & S1 | + |