Modern classifications of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae in patients with lumbodynia

Objective. To analyze modern classifications of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae. Material and methods. We reviewed the PubMed database (USA) using the keywords “lumbosacral transitional vertebra” and found 519 relevant manuscripts. Results. In modern literature, there is information about 7 classifications of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae in patients with lumbar pain. The most popular classification was proposed by Castellvi A.E. et al. This grading system was used by the authors of 92.9% of articles. Classification by C.M. O’Driscoll et al. was used by 4.4% of authors, classification by N.K. Mahato — 1.2% A.L. Jenkins et al. — 0.6%. Classifications by P.G. Tini et al., J. Knopf et al. and V.A. Byvaltsev et al. were used only by their developers (0.3%). Finally, we enrolled 23 articles with data on classifications of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae in patients with lumbodynia. Conclusion. Classification by A.E. Castellvi et al. is currently the most popular among specialists studying this disease. The most promising are classification by A.L. Jenkins et al. and V.A. Byvaltsev et al. published in 2023.