Purpose: For patients who suffered from L5 spondylolysis and fail to improve using conservative treatment, the best surgical strategy remains controversial. This study compares the efficacy of the ...

Fellander-Tsai and Micheli 22 presented a report of two cases, a 16 year old female volleyball player and a 16 year old male soccer player who had spondylolysis at L5. In both cases, the initial ...

Objective: To determine whether the location of spondylolysis in the lumbar spine of athletes differs with biomechanical ... 95% CI 0.02 to 0.65). Most complete fractures were at L5 (66.7%) and more ...

Spondylolysis is a common condition characterized by a defect in the pars interarticularis of the vertebrae, often leading to low back pain, particularly in young athletes. This condition is ...

Lumbar spondylolysis is a common condition characterized by a defect in the pars interarticularis of the lumbar vertebrae, often resulting from repetitive stress or overuse, particularly in young ...

At 1-year follow up he was pain free, and computed tomography (CT) scanning demonstrated successful interbody fusion. Figure 4: 1-year postoperative CT scan demonstrating successful interbody fusion ...

Johns Hopkins orthpaedic surgeon Paul Sponseller discusses spondylolysis — also known as lumbar stress fractures — and the causes and treatments of this condition. Spondylolysis is a defect or stress ...

What are spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis? Spondylolysis (spon-dee-low-LYE-sis) means spine defect. Children with this condition have a problem in the bones (vertebrae) of their lower back. Doctors ...

Despite the large number of treatment options available, some specific recommendations for the treatment of spondylolithesis and spondylolysis can be made. In adolescents with symptomatic ...