Background: In 1927, a pathologist called Christian Georg Schmorl discovered what is known as Schmorl’s nodes, a type of vertebral damage that occurs primarily in the thoracolumbar spine. A herniation of the nucleus pulposus through the cartilaginous and hard endplate into the body of a neighboring vertebra is known as SN. On an MRI, the presence of inflammation of the surrounding spinal bone distinguishes acute Schmorl’s nodes from chronic Schmol’s nodes. The epidemiological assessment of lesions was found by x-ray, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The use of MRI to detect intervertebral disc illness has aided in the diagnosis of an acute, traumatic, and symptomatic Schmorls’s nodes. MRI is the most sensitive modality for detecting Schmorl’s nodes (SNs).
Aim and objectives: This study aims to find the frequency of Schorl’s nodes at various level of lumbar spine in low back pain patients undergoing for MRI scan.
Methods: This was a cross-Sectional Descriptive study carried out at Northwest Genenral Hospital Peshawar. This was a stud of 6 months with a population of 300 patients with low back pain. Data was collected on self-administered questionnaire and analyzed by using SPSS version 22.
Conclusion: It is concluded from this study SNs were observed in patients at various lumbar spine levels, and males were more affected by SNs than women. SNs were found to have affected more peoples between the ages of 30 and 40. The most common location was the middle and upper sections of the lumber vertebra.
Results: The final population included 300 patients of LBP coming to NWGH for lumber MI, out of which 31 patients with percentage of 10.3 % were having SNs with mean patient age of 43.65 years with the standard deviation of 11.17 and range 4-75.
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