The cost of lumbar spine X-rays can vary widely depending on factors such as location, facility type, and whether you have insurance. On average, prices can range from $100 to $1,000, with uninsured patients typically facing higher costs. It's advisable to check with local imaging centers and your insurance provider for specific pricing and coverage details.
Doctors are trained to perform lumbar punctures on adult. Their lumbar spine, which is where the needle is inserted, is naturally in a different position due to the height of an adult. Since children are smaller, and have a shorter spine, their lumbar spine is in a different position. It's not that much more difficult to do it on a child, the doctor just has to break from his natural thought process and locate the lumbar spine in a different position.
I just checked with my local pain management clinic and was told it will be 4,274 for a discogram/discography of the lumbar spine and 1,728 if you need the associated lumbar facet block
Osteoarthritis of lumbar spine (low back) is a very common form of arthritis that is commonly called "wear and tear" arthritis since it is usually due to the kind of stressful things that happen to people as they go through life (falls, heavy and awkward lifting, prolonged standing, prolonged forward flexion, pregnancy, poor posture, etc.). Osteoarthritis can affect any joint in the body, but is especially common in the lumbar spine because so much mechanical stress is applied to this area of the spine during the course of the and by most activities. Another term for lumbar osteoarthritis is lumbar spondylosis.
I just got my xrays taken for my left knee, it was four xrays for $100, it may be more other places
Being completely paralyzed from the lower lumbar area where your L2 vertebrae is located on your spine. In basic terms, it's pretty much being paralyzed from the waist down.
Absolutely! They have features unique to the region they are found in, relating to structure and therefore function. Typical cervical vertebrae (C3-C6) usually have bifid spinous processes which point slightly inferiorly. The spinous processes on lumbar vertebrae are oblong in shape and point directly posteriorly. The articular facets of cervical vertebrae face superior-inferiorly, whereas lumbar articular facets face medial-laterally. Cervical vertebrae have transverse foramen on right and left(containing the vertebral arteries), lumbar have none. They have mamillary processes on their superior articular processes. The bodies of lumbar vertebra are larger and thicker than cervical vertebrae, though they are oval/kidney shaped shaped in both regions. The transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae are much longer, for muscle attachment. Cervical vertebrae have anterior and posterior tubercles extending from their transverse processes. The pedicles of lumbar vertebrae are slightly longer and more defined than those of cervical vertebrae. I think that covers everything, let me know if you think of anything else!
No. The Spinal cord or column should have nature curvatures. Natural curvature occurs at all 5 regions of the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal region). However, too much curvatures can cause problems, such as scoliosis.
Yes, they have a spine much like a human.
Yes. The human spine is made up of three parts, the cervical spine(neck), the thoracic(middle), and the lumbar (lower back). The lumbar consists of 5 vertebrae in the average adult human, but may also only have 4 or 6 vertebrae depending on the individual, although this is not as common. There can be sacralization of the 5th lower lumbar resulting in only 4 lumber vertebrae, or a vertebrae of the sacrum where the individual has an extra 6th lumbar vertebrae. While all adults have 7 cervical vertebrae there is much more variation in the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. The thoracic too may have a 13th vertebrae resulting in an extra rib. And as mentioned before the lumbar may have 4-6 vertebrae depending on the individual.
8.5 fl oz (250 ml) oil for medical purposes especially for back pain and lumbar and cervical problems costs about 15 USD.
Not much information here in context to efficiently answer the question but I will try. The spinal cord generally ends (terminates) around the L1 vertebral level in the lumbar spinal column give or take a level or so in normal humans. After this, small spinal nerves continue down in a sac and exit the lumbar and sacral spine to innervate the pelvis and lower extremities.
"In the United States, endoscopic spine surgery costs run from $6,000 all the way to $80,000. However, the same surgery in India or South Korea is about $8,500. Costa Rica is coming in about 1/4 to 1/2 of the States cost."