STUDY DESIGN A clinical retrospective study was conducted. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of 25 consecutive patients with symptomatic high-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis at L5-S1 treated by decompression and transvertebral, transsacral strut grafting with fibular allograft. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Symptomatic high-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis serves as a...

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a common condition seen in adult patients causing significant functional andpsychological disability addition to the variable amount of pain.Method: Every patient was studied with x-rays, MRI lumbosacral region and degree assessed byVAS scale. Routine blood investigations were done every rule out any otherpossible causes for thiscondition.Results: 95 LBP inclu...

Spondylolisthesis merupakan kondisi adanya pergeseran ke depan suatu korpus vertebra dengan yang terletak dibawahnya. Umumnya terjadi pada pertemuan lumbosacral joint dimana L5 bergeser diatas S1 akan tetapi hal tersebut dapat tingkatan lebih tinggi . Pada pasien disertai dan tidak spondilosis menyebabkan radikulopati signifikan defisit neurologis progresif akibat kompresi akar saraf. Gangguan ...

The long-term results of 17 patients who had had fusion in situ for severe lumbosacral spondylolisthesis are reported. The average follow-up was 14 years with a range of 7 to 20 years. The average age at operation was 16 years. At follow-up seven patients had occasional backache but only one patient had changed his job and no patient had lost any time off work in the previous year. Nine patient...