1Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Smt. BK Shah medical Institute and Research Centre, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia.
2Tutor, Department of Anatomy, Smt. BK Shah medical Institute and Research Centre, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia.
3Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Siddhpur Dental College.
4Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Smt. BK Shah medical Institute and Research Centre, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia.
5Professor, Department of Anatomy, Smt. BK Shah medical Institute and Research Centre, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia.
6Professor, Department of Anatomy, Smt. BK Shah medical Institute and Research Centre, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia.
To study the incidence of sacralisation in dry bones.
Sacralisation means addition of sacral elements by the incorporation of fifth lumbar vertebra. Sometimes the transverse process becomes unduely elongated and fuse with ilium or sacrum, or both. The clinical significance of sacralisation of lumbar vertebra lies in the findings that it causes fifth lumber nerve compression resulting in pain along the sciatic nerve distribution.
The study included examination of 65 dry sacra. Nonpathological sacra of both sexes were included i.e. 51 male & 14 female.
Total incidence of sacralisation was observed to be 13.84% in the present study. Out of 9 sacralised bones, 7 (77.77%) bones showed bilateral sacralisation, whereas 2 (22.22%) bones showed unilateral sacralisation.
J. L. Bron, in a systematic review on the subject, analyzed all relevant studies from 1986 till 2006 and documented that the mean prevalence of sacralisation to be 12.3%.
The study concludes that the incidence of sacralisation in Gujarat is significantly high. Reports in 2012 and this study have constantly showed the incidence to be above 10%.
Sacralisation, lumbar vertebra, sacrum
