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LS átm

English translation: lumbosacral junction

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Hungarian term or phrase:LS átm
English translation:lumbosacral junction
Entered by: Jilt

13:39 Feb 6, 2014
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Hungarian term or phrase: LS átm
Dear forum,

What does this mean? Does LS refer to the lumbosacral spine? What does atm mean then? Diameter of the lumbosacral spine?

Context:
Nyaki lordosis megtartott mozg. végponton kötöttek. Lumb. lordosis elsimult, a mozg. mk.
irányban pár fokkal szűkültek be.
[..]
LS átm jo SI ízület kissé nyom érz.

Jilt
Jilt
Netherlands
Local time: 00:00
lumbosacral junction
Explanation:
LS átm = lumbosacralis átmenet
This is where lumbar spine and sacrum attach. It can be quite painful if diseased.
Sorry, we radiologists sometimes tend to use to many abbreviations. :)
You know, too many patients... :)
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Agnes Stefan MD (X)
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Local time: 00:00
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lumbosacral junction


Explanation:
LS átm = lumbosacralis átmenet
This is where lumbar spine and sacrum attach. It can be quite painful if diseased.
Sorry, we radiologists sometimes tend to use to many abbreviations. :)
You know, too many patients... :)

Example sentence(s):
  • Due to a wide range of normal disk space heights at lumbosacral (LS) junction, we conducted this study to evaluate...

    Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10998839
Agnes Stefan MD (X)
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