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. 2017 Oct;11(5):726-732.
doi: 10.4184/asj.2017.11.5.726. Epub 2017 Oct 11.

Central Sagittal Angle of the Sacrum as a New Risk Factor for Patients with Persistent Low Back Pain after Caesarean Section

Hizir Kazdal  1 , Ayhan Kanat  2 , Osman Ersagun Batcik  2 , Bulent Ozdemir  2 , Senol Senturk  3 , Murat Yildirim  4 , Leyla Kazancioglu  1 , Ahmet Sen  1 , Sule Batcik  1 , Mehmet Sabri Balik  5
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Central Sagittal Angle of the Sacrum as a New Risk Factor for Patients with Persistent Low Back Pain after Caesarean Section

Hizir Kazdal et al. Asian Spine J. 2017 Oct.

Abstract

Study design: Retrospective.

Purpose: This study investigated the possible association of persistent low back pain (LBP) with caesarean section (CS) under spinal anesthesia.

Overview of literature: Many women suffer from LBP after CS, which is commonly performed under spinal anesthesia. However, this type of LBP is poorly understood, and there is poor consensus regarding increased risk after spinal anesthesia.

Methods: We examined two groups of patients who underwent cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia. Group I included patients who presented to a neurosurgical clinic complaining of LBP for at least 6 months. Group II was a control group with patients without LBP. We analyzed clinical and sagittal angle parameters, including age, body mass index, parity, central sagittal angle of the sacrum (CSAS), and sacral slope (SS).

Results: Fifty-three patients participated in this study: 23 (43.1%) in Group I and 30 (56.9%) in Group II. Non-parametric Mann-Whitney U-tests showed that age, parity, and CSAS significantly differed between the two groups at 6 months.

Conclusions: Age, parity, and CSAS appear to be associated with increased risk for LBP after CS under spinal anesthesia. Future prospective studies on this subject may help validate our results.

Keywords: Caesarean section; Low back pain; Spinal anesthesia.

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Conflict of Interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Magnetic resonance imaging angles used in this study. (A) Sacral slope. (B) Vertical angle of sacrum. (C) Central sagittal angle of the sacrum.
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