Isthmic lumbar spondylolisthesis with sciatica: the role of the disc.
Thirty-one patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis were investigated using MR imaging. Twenty-one of these patients had selectively unilateral sciatica and no abnormalities on adjacent discs. In 18 patients there was a clear correlation between the degree of foraminal stenosis and the symptomatic side. In 20 patients there was evidence of root compression by disc tissue.
Deutman
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Department of Orthopaedics, Martini Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Diercks
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de Jong
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van Woerden
H H
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012585:Sciatica / Q000209:etiology*; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis