Thoracolumbar vertebral osteophytes, the severity of the degree needs to be judged according to the specific osteophytes produced by the impact.
When patients appear thoracolumbar vertebral osteophytes, to determine whether the situation is serious, mainly to see the thoracolumbar vertebral osteophytes, has not triggered the spinal canal nerve compression.
If the thoracolumbar spondylolisthesis will trigger the spinal cord compression in the spinal canal, which will easily lead to numbness, pain and weakness of the lower limbs, thus causing changes in the muscle strength of the lower limbs, the situation is more serious. If only the thoracolumbar spine area has pain without nerve compression, or there are no obvious symptoms, the case is not generally serious.
If the symptoms continue to develop, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the diagnosis of the doctor, according to the patient’s specific condition performance, to take targeted treatment.