Gabapentin is used with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It is also used to relieve nerve pain following shingles (a painful rash due to herpes zoster infection) in adults. Gabapentin is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug.abapentin is used with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It is also used to relieve nerve pain following shingles (a painful rash due to herpes zoster infection) in adults. Gabapentin is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug.
Home > Spine > Spine Glossary > Spine Glossary - Thoracolumbar junction. Spine Glossary - Thoracolumbar junction. This is the junction between the Thoracic spine and the Lumbar spine. The junction consists of the part of the vertebral column from the eleventh thoracic vertebra to the first lumbar vertebra. Here the spinal curvature changes from kyphosis to lordosis, and the orientation of the facet joints changes from coronal to sagittal.
Most primary intradural spinal arachnoid cysts are dorsal to the cord. They occur at the following locations: thoracic: 80%; cervical: 15%; lumbar: 5%; Secondary spinal arachnoid cysts can be located anywhere, depending on where the insult has occurred (see Aetiology above). Associations. spina bifida 10,11; diastematomyelia 11; Radiographic features CT