STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. PURPOSE To comparatively investigated the rate of the adjacent segment degeneration and the clinical outcomes in patients with spondylolytic spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis or degenerative spondylolisthesis. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE There have been few studies reported on the adjacent segment degeneration following posterior lumbar interbody fusion(PLIF)...

OBJECTIVE To correlate spinopelvic balance with the development of degenerative spondylolisthesis and disk herniation. METHODS This was a descriptive retrospective study that evaluated 60 patients in this hospital, 30 patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis at the L4-L5 level and 30 with herniated disk at the L4-L5 level, all of whom underwent Surgical treatment. RESULTS Patients with ...

Spondylolisthesis associated with neurofibromatosis is rare, and only 12 cases have been reported so far. However, only one report of grade 4 spondylolisthesis with neurofibromatosis has been reported in the literature. A 15-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis was admitted for back pain and neurological claudication. Radiograph showed grade 4 spondylolisthesis of the L5 vertebra with scalloping...

This case report describes the first case of a bone bridge formation across the left L5/S1 neuroforamen after instrumented posterolateral fusion for L5/S1 isthmic spondylolisthesis. Our patient was a 70-year-old lady who had grade 2, L5/S1 isthmic spondylolisthesis and bilateral S1 nerve root compression. She suffered from mechanical low back pain and neurogenic claudication, with radicular pai...

STUDY DESIGN This was a prospective pilot study to investigate the global motion characteristics of the spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis populations. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to determine the influence of a spondylolisthesis or a spondylolysis on global spinal motion and to establish whether this is dependent on the cause of the slip or the degree/grade of the slip. SUMMARY OF...

The ideal surgical treatment of spondylolisthesis still remains controversial. There are several methods of treatment and posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) is one of them. We analyze the results of spondylolisthesis treated by PLIF in term of radiological union, improvement of pre-operative symptoms like back pain, radiating pain and return to normal activities including that of employme...

PURPOSE To study the prevalence of osteoarthritis, osteoporotic vertebral fractures, and spondylolisthesis among elderly residents of a Japanese village and to examine the correlation between radiographic evidence of abnormality and lower back pain. METHODS 205 men (mean age, 70.7 years) and 323 women (mean age, 70.5 years) in a Japanese village participated in this cross-sectional study. Pla...

A rare multi-level isthmic spondylolisthesis was discovered in a young male patient following an acute onset of low back pain. The prevalence of spondylolisthesis in the adult population is low and it is believed that the prevalence of multiple level spondylolisthesis is even rarer. A combination of onset of ambulation, hereditary factors, and sports involving hyper-extension of the spine are p...

among women. On investigation it is report? that no cases of spondylolisthesis were noticed in the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras, where more than 3,000 deliveries are conducte every year. The following case illustrates a true spondylolisthetic condition :? A Hindu male, aged 35, was admitted in 1936 for th? treatment of constant pain in the lower part of the half of the back and buttock...

Background & Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the pain of patients with spondylolisthesis who had undergone either of the surgery techniques: posterolateral fusion (PLF) or posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). Methods & Materials/Patients: In a prospective observational study, 102 surgical candidates with low grade degenerative and isthmic spondylolisthesis were e...