JBJS | Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Volume 90, Issue 3

Selected Instructional Course Lecture | March 01, 2008

Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis

Serena S. Hu, MD¹; Clifford B. Tribus, MD²; Mohammad Diab, MD¹; Alexander J. Ghanayem, MD³

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, Room MU 320W, San Francisco, CA 94143
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitative Medicine, University of Wisconsin, K4/746 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South 1st Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. 2008; 90:656-671

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The term "spondylolisthesis" refers to slipping, or olisthesis, of a vertebra ("spondylos" in Greek) relative to an adjacent vertebra. The term "spondylolysis" refers to dissolution of, or a defect in, the pars interarticularis of a vertebra. To these original terms has been added "spondyloptosis," from the Greek "ptosis" (falling off or down) to indicate a vertebra that is completely or essentially completely dislocated.

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spondylolisthesis ; spondylolysis ; pars interarticularis ; pain ; degenerative spondylolisthesis

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