The basivertebral system of the lumbar vertebral body: Anatomy and clinical interpretation revisited: A critical literature review.
Item
- Title
- The basivertebral system of the lumbar vertebral body: Anatomy and clinical interpretation revisited: A critical literature review.
- Author(s)
- Erpicum, M
- Abstract
- Objective: I) To precisely define the anatomy and topography of file anterior intracanal venous plexus focusing on the system of intracanal epiphyseal emissary veins of the lumbar vertebral body 2) To investigate the pathophysiological implications of the retrovertebral system of epiphyseal emissary veins within the vertebral complex in order to complete the anatomical knowledge of the osteopath. Methods: A search strategy was initiated on electronic databases SwetsWise (with all University of Greenwich publications included), CINAHL (with health sciences research databases selected), Science Direct and PubMed. Hand searches of the European School of Osteopathy library (Maidstone, England) using their Alice search engine and of a private collection of relevant texts were also performed. Both MESH terms and keywords were used in the search strategy. All relevant combinations of those keywords were used, using Boolean logic. Once selected, the articles were examined for suitability for the review with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Reference lists of articles selected through databases were examined to identify further relevant studies; some articles were also obtained by directly contacting the authors. The inclusion criteria required the articles and literature to be published in English or French. No time scale has been established when it comes to the publication date of the selected references. However, references were selected when they had been written by eminent researchers in the field who had published articles in relevant peer.. reviewed journals. Subjects in research also included both human and animal models. Articles and studies were not included when they did not fit either the inclusion criteria or did not have relevance to the aims of this literature review. Conclusion: There is evidence in the literature showing: 1) that the description of the intracanal venous drainage of the lumbar vertebral body, previously focused on the basivertebral and anterior internal plexuses, has been completed by a third element : the epiphyseal emissary venous system, which have been more precisely defined thanks to new investigation and impregnation techniques. 2) the paramount importance of nutritionalpathways - focusing on the route through the endplate - in disc degeneration and pathophysiology of the lumbar vertebrae, which has allowed the present author to demonstrate it through a clinical interpretation of the pathophysiology of the functional vertebral complex. 3) that there exists a correlation between the functional vascular systematization of big peripheral articulations and the functional vertebral complex.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2013
- Date Submitted
- 20.1.2015 16:42:57
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15446
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Basivertebral system.
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- 0
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- Thesis
Erpicum, M, “The basivertebral system of the lumbar vertebral body: Anatomy and clinical interpretation revisited: A critical literature review.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 17, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/718