Only few cases of traumatic spondylolisthesis (from the cranial to lumbosacral joint) have been reported to date. Recovery of neurological function is dependent on the time of decompression and stabilization. We highlight the paramount importance that the time past between injury and surgical decompression have on neurological recovery and implant durability. Authors present the case of a 26 ye...

We studied 23 patients with spondylolysis of the fifth lumbar vertebra (L5) and 20 with spondylolytic spondylolisthesis at this level. All were more than 40 years of age. The transverse processes at L5 were significantly wider in the former group than in the latter. We also dissected 56 cadavers to study the morphological relationship between the transverse process of L5 and the iliolumbar liga...

This article is a small case series of traumatic spondylolisthesis at L5–S1. Both cases are the result of high-energy trauma, which is usually the case with this type of injury. The title of the article is a bit misleading andwould have been better titled “Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of the Lumbosacral Junction.” Most of the references used for the article call it a “traumatic spondylolisthesis...