title: Direct repair of lumbar spondylolysis.
abstract: Direct repair of the defect in spondylolysis has been performed on 12 patients with a mean age of 29 years. With an average follow-up period of 3 years, 8 patients had a good result, 2 patients improved only slightly and 2 patients remained unchanged.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery*; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000601:surgery*