Correlation between sagittal and inclined angles of cervical facet joints and cervical disc herniation: a radiological observational study
Sagittal angle asymmetry of facet joints at the C4/5 segment is associated with lower cervical disc herniation. A significant reduction in the average inclined angle (tendency to be horizontal) of the facet joints at the corresponding segments in patients with single-segment CDH at C5/6 and C6/7 is an important pathophysiological and anatomical characteristic of the disease. Additionally, the intergroup difference in the average sagittal angle may be influenced by the degree of cervical lordosis and intervertebral disc height.
Authors
- Dongliang Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7149-7243)
- Xuecheng Huang
- Haiwei Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3572-6920)
- Genfu Zhu
- Yao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5371-2392)
- Hao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-5450)
- Yikai Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-6458)
- Ling Mo
- Caijun Liu
- Hongjiang Liu
- Rui Weng
Institutions
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
- Fuzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Surgery
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2025.1705681
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen City
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Guangzhou University