My MRI Says I Have a Transitional Vertebra. What Does That Mean?

My MRI Says I Have a Transitional Vertebra. What Does That Mean? - Common MRI Questions ANSWERED

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In this video, Dr. Visnjevac (Dr. V) explains what a transitional vertebra is and examines what it looks like with a real MRI & the impacts it can have on a patient.
The MRI images used in this video are from Radiopaedia.org and are used for educational purposes only. You can view these images here: radiopaedia.org/cases/bertolo...
Citation: Muniraj, S. Bertolotti syndrome (lumbosacral transitional vertebrae). Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 03 Feb 2022) doi.org/10.53347/rID-60570
DOI: doi.org/10.53347/rID-60570
Permalink: radiopaedia.org/cases/60570
rID: 60570
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@EankiEtAl Жыл бұрын

Perfecto explanation thank you

@mansykanwarvlog Жыл бұрын

Treatment?

@emilym.2830 10 ай бұрын

I was very active when my severe symptoms began. Saying it's just lack of excersize and activity is not only a joke but insulting. No mention of the fact the tailbone doesn't stop completely forming until early 30s. Median age for pain is 32.5 - ironically right when my pain started and it affected my legs. I'm so sick of doctors writing this off as nothing.

@AngPrieTod 10 ай бұрын

Ya I was very active too when severe symptoms began :/

@emilym.2830 10 ай бұрын

@@AngPrieTod right?! I was so active. Children don't have pain because no child on earth has a fully fused tailbone. The process doesn't even start until around year 20 and takes a decade to complete. So no child would have symptoms since the pain typically begins after the fusion takes place. Writing it off as not being active and using children as an example is straight up misinformation and medical gaslighting. I'm sorry you know this pain too.

@AngPrieTod 10 ай бұрын

@@emilym.2830 ya, I get it *sigh*. I did actually have some pain as a kid, but wasn’t really bad until now, mid 30s. I’m sorry you’re in pain too.

@devonpeters9458 10 ай бұрын

What have you both done to address it? I’m in my late 30s. Had pain since high school and always been pretty active. Went to three different chiropractors until the 4th finally saw this and asked if I knew I had it. The pain is getting worse so I’m trying to see what I’m my control I can do to at least slow the pain, stay active, etc

@emilym.2830 10 ай бұрын

@devonpeters9458 i got radiofrequency ablation on the side that the tests responded to, but the side with the worse pain didn't respond to the test, but it was still nice to have a little relief on the one side. Def would pursue that. Had it done at the spine pain clinic i go to for pain management, i honestly couldn't function at all without their help/medication. I do what little activites I can but it's nothing like I used to be. I use a cane to relieve pain when walking, but only walk short distances because it affects my legs too - pretty severe weakness and pain. I have type 2 lstv.

@nicklucas366 3 ай бұрын

I have 1 on my right side. It's miserable. Getting a the VA to help is hard. Having to wait 4 to 6 months between appointments is horrible. Sometimes it just makes me wanna take the cowards way out.

@charfoto 9 ай бұрын

Would this cause you to feel off balance and head pressure too? (Especially on standing?).

@nadeemdavids402 2 ай бұрын

How can one fix this without going into hospital

@daniyalhazara9272 Жыл бұрын

Please tell us about lumbarisation and it’s treatments . Thanks

@Davis_760 7 ай бұрын

Is lstv the same as bertolotti syndrome?

@eveeG Жыл бұрын

Okay this is starting to make sense, so I was told I have "transitional L5 with right sacral ala Pseudoarthrosis" pain all my life especially when sitting down.

@JaffarHussain Жыл бұрын

كذلك انا اعاني من هذا المفصل الكاذب واخذت دواء وما فادني شنو الحل

@AJ-gz6qd Жыл бұрын

Same here, but yet the doctors tell me that it shouldn’t cause my pain.

@eveeG Жыл бұрын

@@AJ-gz6qd Same, my orthopedic surgeon repeatedly stated this is a common congenital anomaly, have you heard of Bertolotti's Syndrome?

@AJ-gz6qd 11 ай бұрын

These doctors don’t know crap, I have had pain nearly all of my life, but yet and still they say it presents no problem. How do you know that when you’re not living with it?

@AJ-gz6qd 11 ай бұрын

@@eveeGyes