title: Lumbosacral spondyloptosis treated using partial reduction and pedicular transvertebral screw fixation in an osteoporotic elderly patient.
abstract: Spondyloptosis is complete dislocation of the L-5 vertebral body on the sacrum anteriorly. Its optimal treatment is still controversial. In particular, choosing the optimal surgical technique is difficult in the osteoporotic elderly patient given the high incidence of instrumentation failure, pseudarthrosis, progressive slippage, and severe sagittal imbalance. The authors of this report used partial reduction and pedicular transvertebral screw fixation of the lumbosacral junction for the treatment of spondyloptosis in an osteoporotic elderly patient.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Dae-Jean
authors: DJ
authors: Jo
authors: Eun-Min
authors: EM
authors: Seo
authors: Ki-Tack
authors: KT
authors: Kim
authors: Sung-Min
authors: SM
authors: Kim
authors: Sang-Hun
authors: SH
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D055009:Spondylosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*