Posterior pedicular screw instrumentation and anterior interbody fusion in adult lumbar spondylolysis or grade I spondylolisthesis with segmental instability.
Between 1988 and 1993, we treated 21 adults with symptomatic lumbar spondylolysis by a combined surgery of posterior stabilization and anterior interbody fusion. Our indication for this combined surgery was persistent pain that was unresponsive to conservative measures and segmental instability on flexion-extension roentgenogram. The patients' mean age at the time of surgery was 34 years (range 24-42 years). All patients showed degenerated disks on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging. The mean follow-up period was 30.4 months. The clinical result was excellent or good in 95%, and the radiographic fusion was successful in 95%. Prolonged pain at the donor site was the most common complication, which usually disappeared by 3 months after the operation. We recommend the combined surgery of posterior instrumentation and anterior fusion to stabilize symptomatic adult lumbar spondylolysis.
Wang
J M
JM
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
D J
DJ
Yun
Y H
YH
D000328:Adult; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000637:transplantation; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D010149:Postoperative Pain; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome