title: 3D CT imaging of the lumbo-sacral spine after surgical treatment of L5-S1 spondylolisthesis by postero-lateral spondylodesis.
abstract: Background. The aim of the study is the evaluation of the spatial imaging computed tomography (3D CT) of lumbo-sacral spine after surgically treated spondylolistesis L5-S1 with the postero-lateral spondylodesis using autogenic bone grafts. <br /> Material and methods. Material comprises 9 patients treated surgically due to I degrees spondylolistesis caused by the L5 vertebra spondylolysis. In all cases postero-lateral spondylodesis was performed using autogenic bone grafts, taken from the iliac crest, placed on the transverse processes of the L5 vertebra and the sacral bone. The CT examination was performed in the period between 6 months up to 2 years after operation due to overloading lumbar pain.<br /> Results. The bone grafts was localized correctly in 8 patients. In 1 person the upper side of the one bone graft was localized incorrectly, on the prominent transverse processus of the S1 vertebra, instead of the L5 one. The spatial reconstruction reveal the presence of osteophytes surrounding the ends of the bone grafts or the localization the fissure of the arch. In 2 cases the bone grafts were bigger on the left side, and the wide lower ends were connected with the dorsal surface of the sacral bone and were connected with the shorten due to surgery iliac crest<br /> Conclusions. The CT examination with the use of the spatial option is very valuable in the lumbo-sacral spine imaging in patients treated with the postero-lateral spondylodesis due to spondylolisthesis L5-S1. The spatial images 3D CT are especially useful in imaging of the localization of the bone grafts, assessment of the wide of spinal canal and intervertebral foramens. The use of spatial imaging 3D is valuable supplement of standard CT examination in diagnosis of the patients complaining of the lumbar pain, treated surgically due to spondylolistesis.
authors.affiliation: II Zakład Radiologii Lekarskiej Akademii Medycznej, Lublin.
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Krupski
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Majcher
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fatyga
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Złomaniec