Between 1979 and 1989, we treated 22 patients with symptomatic lumbar spondylolysis which had not responded to conservative treatment by a modified Scott wiring technique to give direct repair of the lytic defects with stabilisation. The patients' mean age at the time of operation was 15 years; the mean follow-up period was four years. All 19 patients under 25 years old had satisfactory results...

A 38-year-old man presented with low back pain and sciatica on the left side. Magnetic resonance imaging showed spinal nerve root herniation into a pseudomeningocele associated with lumbar spondylolysis. After closure of the dural defect, the sciatic pain was relieved and subsequently the patient was able to return to work.

Spinal injuries and symptoms were studied in 109 ex-military parachutists and 112 sport (free fall) parachutists by means of postal questionnaires. 46 ex-military parachutists aged 50 years or over had a radiological examination of the lumbar spine and 58 sport parachutists had a radiological examination of the cervical spine as part of the survey. A history of back pain was significantly (P<0....

We present a 26-year-old athlete with severe low back pain associated with a fracture of a lumbar pedicle and contralateral spondylolysis. The difficulties of diagnosis are discussed together with the subject of segmental pain referral. A technique of operative management is described involving instrumentation of the symptomatic level alone.

INTRODUCTION: Lumbar spondylolysis is defined as a defect or fracture of the pars interarticularis and can occur with or without anterior spondylolisthesis. This lesion is suspected to arise from repetitive trauma to the posterior elements of the spine and is a major cause of back pain in children; spondylolysis is found in approximately 6% of the pediatric/adolescent population as a whole and ...

Background: Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis can be associated with significant low back pain, especially in physically active adolescents. Non-operative management is usually successful in improving symptoms, but surgical intervention is occasionally required. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of in situ posterolateral fusion in the treatment of refractory cases with spondyl...

abstract  background: spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis can be associated with significant  low back pain, especially in physically active adolescents. non-operative management  is usually successful in improving symptoms, but surgical intervention is  occasionally required. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of in situ posterolateral  fusion in the treatment of refractory case...

Nonspondylolytic lateral clefts of the lumbar neural arch (laminolysis and pediculolysis) are rare pathologies that usually occur consequent to repetitive stress injuries in patients with unilateral spondylolysis. These lesions are different from the usual bilateral spondylolytic defects, and their management depends upon the chronicity and the type of bony defect. We hereby discuss the verdict...