Reasons to get a lumbar laminectomy The most common kind of laminectomy focuses on relieving nerve pain in your lower back (lumbar spine.) Your lumbar spine connects your pelvic bone to your torso.

Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are anatomical variations at the lumbosacral junction, where the last lumbar vertebra may take on characteristics of the sacral vertebrae. This condition ...

Researchers assessed physiologic changes of the spine as well as the frequency of low back pain among astronauts during and after spaceflight.