Background: Spondylolisthesis presenting as low back pain is not an uncommon condition. Most of the patients are treated conservatively. Few require surgery after failing conservative treatment. Currently obtainable options Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF), Anterior (ALIF) and Transforaminal (TLIF). Each technique has produced satisfactory outcome with both benefits disadvantages. allow...

BACKGROUND: The measurement of sagittal parameters is an important part preoperative planning and also used to evaluate the results surgical treatment. It known that in spondylolisthesis (especially at high degrees) spine differ from those healthy people. difference spinal-pelvic children adults without orthopedic pathology has been proven. One tasks treatment restoration balance or its maximum...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. PURPOSE To assess whether spontaneous reduction of spondylolisthesis, as seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is related to the degree of segmental instability and low back pain. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE The flexion-extension radiographs obtained in the sagittal plane are frequently used when segmental instability of spondylolisthesis is evaluated...

Background In the lumbar spine, degenerative spondylolisthesis or degenerative (not traumatic) slippage of one vertebral body over another is divided into 4 grades - grade I (25%), grade II (50%), grade III (75%), and grade IV (100%). Dynamic X-rays, magnetic resonance (MR), and computed tomography (CT) scans document the slip secondary to arthritic changes of the facet joint plus stenosis, oss...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (LDS) is often diagnosed by conventional supine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Numerous studies have shown, however, that the degree of spondylolisthesis can be reduced or disappears when the patient is supine as compared with standing lateral and flexion-extension (SLFE) radiographs. PURPOSE To compare the sensitivity of supine MRI ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical and radiological results of repair of the interarticularis pars defect by a modified Buck's repair technique in patients with symptomatic spondylolysis with grade 1 spondylolisthesis. These patients with painful spondylolisthesis are the most eligible for direct repair of the defect rather than lumbo-sacral fusion in an attempt to sa...

Surgical correction for kyphoscoliosis is increasingly being performed for patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS). Reported case series have predominantly included patients with Type I (Hurler) and Type IV (Morquio) MPS. To their knowledge, the authors describe the first case report of surgical management of thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis in Hunter syndrome (MPS Type II) and the rare occurrenc...

Study Design Secondary analysis of prospective, multicenter data. Objective To evaluate impact of sagittal parameters on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults with lumbosacral spondylolisthesis. Methods Adults with unoperated lumbosacral spondylolisthesis were identified in the Spinal Deformity Study Group database. Pearson's correlations were calculated between SF-12 (Short Form...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of a prospective, multicenter cohort study. OBJECTIVE To estimate the added effect of surgical fusion as compared to decompression surgery alone in symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis patients with spondylolisthesis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The optimal surgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis patients with spondylolisthesis remains controversial. ...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective, randomized study on patients who underwent posterior lumbar decompression with bilateral posterolateral arthrodesis. OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term influence of pseudarthrosis on the clinical outcome of patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Spinal decompression and posterolateral arthrodesis have been s...