Surgical treatment of spondylolisthesis in children and adolescents.
A retrospective study is reported of 36 children and adolescents who had undergone spinal exploration and fusion for Type I of Type II spondylolisthesis of more than 10 per cent. The patients were examined and their radiographs studied. No progression of slip after operation was found even in the presence of a pseudarthrosis. Where altered mobility was present at the level above the fusion, this tended to be associated with pain. Posterolateral fusion relieved symptoms in 75 per cent, produced a sound fusion in 83 per cent and prevented further slip in all patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*