Enlargement of Neural Foramina and Dynamic Stabilization in Spondylolisthesis without Restoring the Alignment: Technical Note.
It is well known that the cause of radiculopathy is the compression of the nerve root within the foramina which is narrowed secondary to sliding of the corpus and reduced disc height. In some patients, unroofing the foramen does not resolve this problem. We described a new decompression technique using pedicle removal and transpedicular dynamic instrumentation to stabilization the spine. We performed this operation in 2 patients and achieved very good results.
Department of Neurosurgery, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ali Fahir
AF
Ozer
Department of Neurosurgery, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Tuncer
T
Suzer
Department of Neurosurgery, American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mehdi
M
Sasani
Department of Neurosurgery, American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Tunc
T
Oktenoglu
Department of Neurosurgery, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Emrah
E
Egemen
Dynamic stabilization; Lumbar pedicle; Neural foraminal stenosis; Spondylolisthesis