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. 2021 Dec 7;44(3):431–441. doi: 10.1007/s00276-021-02865-9

Table 3.

The percentage location of aorta (or common iliac artery left/right) in particular position (1, ½, 2, 2 ½…) at the level of intervertebral disc or upper or lower margin of vertebrae

Aorta (%) Left common iliac artery (%) Right common iliac artery (%)
A1 A1 1/2 A2 A2 1/2 A3 A3 1/2 A4 A1 A1 1/2 A2 A2 1/2 A3 A3 1/2 A4 A1 A1 1/2 A2 A2 1/2 A3 A3 1/2 A4
TH12/L1 0 0 2.53 3.97 93.14 0.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L1 U 0 0 2.18 4.18 92.91 0.18 0.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L1 L 0 0 2.17 4.69 93.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L1/L2 0 0 1.99 5.96 91.88 0.18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L2 U 0 0 2.52 7.21 90.09 0.18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L2 L 0 0 8.11 8.47 83.24 0.18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L2/L3 0 0 10.45 10.09 79.46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L3 U 0 0 9.71 12.23 78.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L3 L 0 0 15.34 13 71.66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L3/L4 0 0 15.87 14.39 69.56 0 0.18 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 50 20 30 0 0
L4 U 0 0 15.1 16.27 68.63 0 0 0 0 2.22 2.22 95.56 0 0 0 0 60 24.44 15.56 0 0
L4 L 0 0 25.23 16.51 58.26 0 0 0 0 2.39 4.18 89.25 1.49 2.69 0.3 0.6 76.49 9.52 13.1 0 0
L4/L5 0 0 21.82 22.73 55.45 0 0 0 0 5.69 1.82 84.74 2.51 5.24 1.6 0.92 81.92 4.58 10.98 0 0
L5 U 0 0 19.23 11.54 69.23 0 0 0 0.2 9.47 4.55 73.52 2.77 9.47 4 1.2 78.6 4.8 10.8 0.2 0.4
L5 L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.42 1.67 49.8 8.54 39.58 19.87 7.32 71.34 0.21 1.26 0 0

U upper margin of disc, L lower margin of disc