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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 68-B, Issue 2, 197-200
Copyright © 1986 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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The iliolumbar ligament. A study of its anatomy, development and clinical significance

KD Luk, HC Ho, and JC Leong

The development of the iliolumbar ligament and its anatomy and histology were studied in cadavers from the newborn to the ninth decade. The structure was entirely muscular in the newborn and became ligamentous only from the second decade, being formed by metaplasia from fibres of the quadratus lumborum muscle. By the third decade, the definitive ligament was well formed; degenerative changes were noted in older specimens. The iliolumbar ligament may have an important role in maintaining lumbosacral stability in patients with lumbar disc degeneration, degenerative spondylolisthesis and pelvic obliquity secondary to neuromuscular scoliosis.


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