Lumbar osteophyte is a kind of degenerative change. Experts from Kunming Kunlu Hospital expressed that if there are no symptoms for lumbar osteophyte and it is only shown in the examination report, then it does not belong to disease and no treatment is needed. However, once there appear symptoms like soreness, pain, fatigue etc., one must go to hospital for examination and treatment in time, preventing the disease from developing seriously and causing complications.
Complications easily caused by lumbar osteophyte:
1、Stiffness of lumbar vertebrae: mainly because with the gradual increase of bone spur, the mobility between vertebrae will decrease or even get stiffness. In this case, the mobility between neighboring vertebrae will increase, aggravating the degeneration degree of intervertebral disc and joints between vertebrae.
2、Lumbar spinal stenosis: for lumbar vertebrae, bone spurs on anterior margin of vertebral body generally do not cause any symptom; however, bone spurs on articular facet joints, combined with hypertrophy of ligamentum flavum, intervertebral disc protrusion and instability between vertebras, can lead to symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis, and serious cases may even see degenerative spondylolisthesis of lumbar vertebrae.
3、Degeneration of lumbar intervertebral disc, narrowing of intervertebral space etc.: in this way, after a long period of time, under further action of overstrain factors, the whole lumbar vertebrae will show widespread intervertebral disc bulging or protruding, narrowing of intervertebral space, formation of bone spurs on edges of vertebras, hyperplasia of articular facets, hypertrophy of ligamentum flavum, instability between spinal bones etc..
4、Compression of lumbar nerve: the bone spurs on posterior margins of lumbar vertebras, together with fibrous ring of bulging intervertebral disc, posterior longitudinal ligament and edema or fibrosis tissue caused by trauma reaction, form a compound protruding backwards or sideward on segment plane of intervertebral disc. Combined with hypertrophic ligamentum flavum at back, they can directly stimulate and compress local lumbar nerve root.
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