There has been no report of bilateral pedicle stress fractures involving two vertebrae. The authors describe a unique case of spondylolisthesis accompanying a bilateral pedicle stress fracture involving two vertebrae. De novo development of spondylolisthesis at the L5-S1 vertebrae accompanying a bilateral pedicle stress fracture at L4 and L5 was observed in a 70-year-old woman. The patient's me...

J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2010;92-B:751-9. A review of the current literature shows that there is a lack of consensus regarding the treatment of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in children and adolescents. Most of the views and recommendations provided in various reports are weakly supported by evidence. There is a limited amount of information about the natural history of the condition, makin...

ABSTRACT Objective: evaluate the correlation between main sacropelvic alignment measurements and pelvic retroversion reduction assessing Lamartina Square effectiveness in choosing proximal instrumentation level. Methods: sample comprising 21 patients with high-grade L5 -S1 spondylolisthesis subjected to arthrodesis from January 2004 December 2016. Patients’ demographic data, surgery type, compl...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the cost/quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) of the operative treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis and identify factors associated with cost-effectiveness at 2 years. METHODS We evaluated patients who underwent surgery for spondylolisthesis. The QALY was determined from the EQ5D. Outcomes were also assessed using the Oswestry Disability Ind...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective series. PURPOSE Assess results of decompression-only surgery for low-grade degenerative spondylolisthesis with consideration of instability. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE There is no consensus on whether fusion or decompression-only surgery leads to better outcomes for patients with low-grade degenerative spondylolisthesis. Current trends support fusion but many studies ...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective nonrandomized study. PURPOSE To find a possible correlation between clinical outcome and extent of lumbar spondylolisthesis reduction. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE There is no consensus in the literature concerning whether a beneficial effect of reduction on outcome can be expected following reduction and surgical fusion for low grade lumbar spondylolisthesis. METHODS F...

Study Design Case report. Objective Synovial cysts in the subaxial cervical spine are rare and are most commonly reported at the cervicothoracic junction. Only six cases of symptomatic C5-C6 synovial cysts have been reported in the literature; the condition is usually treated with decompressive laminectomy. We present a patient with a synovial cyst arising from the C5-C6 facet joint, associated...