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Double-level isthmic spondylolisthesis handled with posterior lumbar interbody fusion with cage.
Br J Neurosurg. 2018 Jan 23;:1-5
Authors: Music D, Tang M, Li C, Music D, Wang C, Xuan T
Summary
OBJECTIVE: Double-level isthmic spondylolisthesis within the lumbar backbone is uncommon. The authors report on 21 instances of double-level isthmic spondylolisthesis handled by posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) with cage.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between 2005 and 2015, twenty-one sufferers with double-level isthmic spondylolisthesis who underwent posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) with cage had been reviewed retrospectively. The VAS (Visible Analogue Scale) and JOA (Japanese Orthopedic Affiliation) rating had been used to guage preoperative and postoperative scientific outcomes.
RESULTS: The again ache and sciatica decreased from 6.53 and four.24 factors preoperatively to 1.80 and 1.18 factors on the VAS at closing follow-up, respectively. The typical JOA rating improved from 13.four?±?three.2 preoperative to 25.four?±?1.5 (vary, 17-28) factors postoperative. The typical restoration price was 76.9%. The great and wonderful price was 85.7% (18/21). The fusion price was 95.2% (20/21). Adjustments in disc top, diploma of listhesis, entire lumbar lordosis, and sacral inclination following surgical procedure had been additionally noticed.
CONCLUSIONS: Our outcomes counsel that PLIF with cage seems to be an acceptable method for the remedy of double-level isthmic spondylolisthesis.
PMID: 29361854 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]