Background Diagnosing early spondyloarthritis (SpA) is crucial for effective therapeutic intervention. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) helps us to diagnose non-radiographic SpA (nr-ax SpA) in an stage according the criteria of arm Assessment Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) classification. Diagnosis sacroiliitis using MRI has limitations because lack specificity and sensitivity. ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Imaging features of spine degeneration are common in symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals. We compared the prevalence of MR imaging features of lumbar spine degeneration in adults 50 years of age and younger with and without self-reported low back pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a meta-analysis of studies reporting the prevalence of degenerative lumbar spin...

Modern day fast bowling places immense strain on the spine. Stress fractures of the lumbar region are common. If a period of conservative treatment fails to return a fast bowler to professional sport, surgery is considered. Good results have been reported using a direct screw repair of the spondylolytic defect. A case is presented of a failed surgical intervention with an alternative technique.

A 3-year-old girl presented with a history of low back pain. The initial X ray showed spondylolysis and minimal anterior spondylolisthesis at L5-S1 (Figure 1). Lumbar MRI showed extraforaminal disc protrusion with intervertebral disc height loss, vertebral endplate signal abnormality in L4-L5 vertebral bodies, left soft tissue abnormal signal from L2 to S1 and medial aspect of psoas muscle (Fig...

We reviewed 20 adult patients with spondylolysis and isthmic spondylolisthesis an average of 10.5 years after treatment by anterior spinal fusion. Nineteen patients had excellent or satisfactory results. Ten of the patients were symptom-free at one year, and 15 were asymptomatic at final follow-up. Anterior spinal fusion can produce results comparable to those of posterior fusion with or withou...

Defects in the pars interarticularis are rarely present at birth, and seldom appear clinically before the age at which a child can stand upright. The incidence then increases up to the third or fourth decade (Rowe and Roche 1953, Stewart 1953). In radiological surveys of normal industrial and military populations, spondylolysis has been reported in up to 76 per cent (Friedman, Fischer and van D...