STUDY DESIGN Subgroup analyses according to treatment received. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether baseline radiographic findings predicted outcomes in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The spine patient outcomes research trial combined randomized and observational DS cohorts. METHODS The Meyerding listhesis grade was determined on the neutral radiograph ...

The article begins with a brief biography of H. Bohlman, great orthopedist and person strong impact on modern Medicine Spine surgery. Using original Bohlamn technique small modifications (instead fibula graft used Rialto implant performed posterior fixation L4-S2) we treated surgically two young females L5 listhesis success. Methods: Both patients were followed up during 1 year 9 months 7 month...

Background: Spondylolisthesis is defined as a displacement of one vertebra over the next lower vertebra in the sagittal plane. High-grade spondylolisthesis (HGS) is defined as greater than 50% slippage of a spinal vertebral body relative to an adjacent vertebral body as per Meyerding classification, and most common location being L5/S1 followed by L4/L5. The treatment of symptomatic high grade ...

BACKGROUND Degenerative spondylolisthesis is associated with a significant segmental kyphosis at the level of the listhesis. We treated 7 disc spaces with Grade 2 listhesis and/or kyphosis of the slipped disc level with Kineflex disc replacement. METHODS Out of a single-center prospective registry, involving 310 lumbar disc replacement patients, 7 patients underwent a single-level Kineflex di...

Degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) progresses with aging after 50-60 years. The genetic association of DLS remains largely unclear. In this study, the genetic association between glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA, GRIN) receptor genes and DLS was investigated. A total of 9 coding single nucleotide polymorphisms (cSNPs) in NMDA receptor genes [GRIN2A (rs8049651, Leu425L...

background & aim: although most patients experience severe pain after major spinal fixation surgery, little attention has been paid to control it with a multi-modal approach. the aim of this study is to select appropriate method of pain management after spinal surgery. methods & materials/patients: this study was a randomized clinically controlled trial in candidates of spondylolisthesis and sp...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective clinical study. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine what percentage of patients who underwent nonoperative management of unilateral non-displaced or minimally displaced facet fractures progressed radiographically and to determine what percentage of patients required surgical intervention and to identify risk factors for failure of conservative managem...

In order to determine the epidemiology of adult scoliosis in the elderly and to analyse the radiological parameters and symptoms related to adult scoliosis, we carried out a prospective cross-sectional radiological study on 1347 adult volunteers. There were 615 men and 732 women with a mean age of 73.3 years (60 to 94), and a mean Cobb angle of 7.55 degrees (sd 5.95). In our study, 478 subjects...