Journal of Spine

Ultrasonography of the Diagnosis the Degenerative-Dystrophic Changes in the Vertebral Motor Segment as a Potential Cause of Back Pain: Pictorial Essay

Abstract

Rizvan Abdullaiev, Rostyslav Bubnov, Vitaliy Tsymbalyuk, Olena Grechanyk, Lev Kalika and Zbigniew Pilecki

The topical diagnosis and determination of the mechanism of pain of vertebrogenic origin remain the actual problems of medicine. This is due to the difficulty in differential diagnosis, the high incidence of occurrence, the severity of clinical manifestations of the spinal column pathology and their consequences, and the anatomical features of the structure of the vertebrae. From the clinical point of view, the solution to the problem of vertebrogenic pain involves a number of aspects: The definition of the source of pain, the establishment of its mechanisms and paths for its elimination. Thus, ultrasonography is effective for the diagnosis the degenerative-dystrophic changes in the vertebral motor segment as a potential cause for pathophysiological mechanism of back pain.