Posterior surgery in high-grade spondylolisthesis - 05/09/14
, Y.P. Charles a, A. Walter a, S. Schuller a, J. Godet b, J.-P. Steib a
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Abstract |
Introduction |
High-grade L5-S1 spondylolisthesis alters sagittal spinopelvic balance, which can cause low back pain and progressive neurologic disorder. The present study assessed spondylolisthesis reduction and maintenance over time with L4-S1 versus L5-S1 fusion using a lever-arm system and posterior fusion combined with lumbosacral graft.
Materials and methods |
Forty patients were operated on for symptomatic high-grade spondylolisthesis, 34 of whom had full pre- and post-operative radiological analysis, with a mean follow-up of 5.4years. There were 9 L5-S1 and 25 L4-S1 instrumentations. Analysis of spinopelvic and slipping parameters and the evolution of segmental lordosis compared results between L5-S1 and L4-S1 instrumentation.
Results |
Mean Taillard spondylolisthesis index decreased from 64% to 37% (P=0.0001). Overall sagittal spinopelvic balance was not significantly changed. Overall L1-S1 and segmental L4-L5 lordosis were not affected by instrumentation. Mean L5-S1 segmental lordosis increased from 11° to 18°. There was loss of reduction from 19° to 14° with L5-S1 instrumentation, in contrast to maintained reduction with L4-S1 instrumentation (P=0.006).
Conclusion |
The lever-arm system provided anterior-posterior reduction of spondylolisthesis and corrected slippage. Postoperative change in overall sagittal spinopelvic balance was slight and constant. Posterior L4-S1 fusion provided better long-term control of L5-S1 lordosis reduction than the shorter L5-S1 fusion.
Retrospective study of level IV.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : High-grade spondylolisthesis, Lumbosacral fusion, Slippage parameters, Sagittal balance, Segmental lordosis, Instrumentation length
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Vol 100 - N° 5
P. 481-484 - septembre 2014 Retour au numéro
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