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Surg."],"abstract":"Introduction<\/jats:title>Most women of reproductive age suffered from the primary dysmenorrhea (PD). Up to date, most studies on the etiology of dysmenorrhea focused on endocrine factors while ignored the effect of spino-pelvic bony anatomy on uterus. In this study, we innovatively shed light on the relationship between primary dysmenorrhea and sagittal spino-pelvic alignment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>120 patients diagnosed with primary dysmenorrhea and a control group of 118 healthy volunteers were enrolled into this study. All subjects received the standing full-length posteroanterior plain radiography to evaluate the sagittal spino-pelvic parameters. The visual analog scale (VAS) was used to assess pain rating of primary dysmenorrhea patients. 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