index vertebra gen.

[Ligita]

Пожалуйста, помогите перевести.

Выражение встречается в следующем контексте:

When using this device in the vertebral body, do not use this device in patients with multiple myeloma, solitary
plasmacytoma, or primary malignant lesions in the index vertebra.

Is "index vertebra" the same as "spinal vertebra"?

Заранее спасибо

[leka11]

"index vertebra" - Позвоночный индекс?
https://yandex.ru/search/?text=gjpdjyjxysq индекс&lr=213

"spinal vertebra" -
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Spinal+vertebrae

[Amor 71]

"index vertebra" here means "involved vertebra", the one which is affected by multiple myeloma, solitary plasmacytoma, or primary malignant lesions.