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There are various approaches and surgical techniques with the objective of nerve root decompression, restrict mobility, and fusion of the listhesis. Among the techniques, posterior interbody fusion combines direct and indirect root decompression with the fusion between vertebral bodies, placing an autologous bone graft between transverse apophysis and vertebral bodies. Transforaminal lumbar and posterior interbody fusion, on the same way, look to decompress and fuse but with a different approach to the spine. The anterior approach for interbody fusion provides a better fusion rate. Lateral lumbar interbody fusion is considered less invasive, with an anterolateral transpsoas approach. The lumbar fusion technique in degenerative spondylolisthesis must be individualized. Non-fusion decompression is considered a less invasive procedure. Various studies suggest that decompression has better results when fusion is added. Surgery had several potential benefits and greater improvement in those patients who fail conservative management. An optimal technique is not conclusively identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis is the result of the progression from degenerative changes in the intervertebral disc and facet joints that lead to destabilizing one or more vertebral segments. It is characterized by the anterior sliding of the vertebral body secondary to the sagittalization of the facet joints. Wiltse, Newman, and Macnab classified it as type III. It is a pathology typical of elderly patients that predominate in women with a ratio of 5:1 compared to men; the most affected segment is L4-L5, the listhesis rarely exceeds 30% slip. It may or may not generate clinical manifestations, and the severity of these does not always correlate with the degree of sliding. The cardinal symptom is lumbar pain with or without radicular pain. Neurogenic claudication occurs in 75% of patients; it is caused by blood hypoperfusion secondary to the compression of the nerve roots, manifesting as pain in the lower limbs with variable walking distances. For the diagnosis of degenerative spondylolisthesis, comprehensive evaluation with static, dynamic radiographic studies in a standing position and magnetic resonance imaging are essential. The conservative treatment is the first-line therapy; it includes analgesics, anti-inflammatories, physiotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spondylolisthesis is the sliding of a vertebral body with respect to the adjacent one. According to the degree of slippage it is classified into 4 Meyerding grades. Patients with spondylolisthesis who underwent surgery with lumbar instrumentation were included. They were divided into two groups based on their body mass index: obese and non-obese. The functional capacity Oswestry score was calculated preoperatively and at one year, and it was correlated with the BMI. A total of 46 patients, 26 females and 20 males, were included, from 2010 to 2013, all of them with a diagnosis of degenerative spondylolisthesis with lumbar stenosis. Mean age was 58.9 years. The mean preoperative Oswestry disability index was 41% in non-obese patients and 47% in obese patients. At the one-year postoperative assessment the disability index was 12.30% in non-obese patients and 23.84% in obese patients. Non-obese patients had a more favorable clinical course compared to the group of obese patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The term degenerative spondylolisthesis, coined by Newman in 1963, refers to the forward slippage of an immediately inferior vertebra without isthmic lysis. It occurs predominantly in individuals over 40 years of age and affects mainly women, with a female: male ratio of 4:1. Prevalence is 7.5% in males and 28% in females among patients over 50 years of age with low back pain. Material and methods: Assess the one-year results of the use of dynamic spacers for Meyerding grade 1 listhesis with the Oswestry disability scale. The patient's electronic and radio-graphic records from January 2008 to December 2010 were reviewed according to different criteria to conduct a retrospective, longitudinal and observational cohort study. Results: The preoperative Oswestry score was 3.4% mild, 55.2% moderate, and 42.4% severe; the postoperative score was 79.3% mild and 20.7% moderate. The most common surgical procedure was exploration and release in 72.4% of patients; only 27.6% underwent diskectomy. Pain irradiating to the right pelvic limb occurred in 37.9% of patients, to the left pelvic limb in 44.8%, and to both pelvic limbs in 17.2%. Only 2.4% of patients experienced postoperative pain that irradiated to the pelvic limb, as 100% of cases had some type of irradiating pain. A DIAM spacer was used in 79.3% and a Wallis device in 20.7%. Conclusions: Treatment with an interspinous spacer results in a low reoperation rate and, at least one year later, it resulted in a significant improvement in the disability rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Ligamentoplasty is a dynamic stabilization method used to treat lumbar stenosis and resect lumbar herniated discs with good results. The objective of this paper is to report preliminary results of the utility of ligamentoplasty to prevent adjacent segment disease above the arthrodesis. Material and methods: Two groups of patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis who underwent circumferential arthrodesis. In 23 patients a dynamic stabilization system was placed in the segment above (group L), while this system was not used in 35 patients (group S). Degeneration and disease of the segment above were assessed. The statistical analysis was done with the SPSS 15.0 software. Results: At the one-year follow-up, the incidence rate of adjacent segment degeneration was 11% for group L and 0% for group S; at the two-year follow-up it was 13% in both groups; at three years, 0% for group L and 19% for group S; at four years, 25% for group L and 0% for group S. At five years, 50% for group L and 0% for group S. Clinically significant radiculopathy occurred in two patients five years after surgery, one of whom also had adjacent segment disease. Conclusions: Based on the follow-up, at this moment it is not possible to show the utility of dynamic stabilization through ligamentoplasty to avoid adjacent segment disease above the arthrodesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: In spine the term spondylolisthesis is the slip of a vertebra on another in anterior later sense or laterally from its previously normal position in most of the cases the lack is in the "pars articularis" and can being of congenital or acquired origin. Objective: To carry out a clinical valuation in patient posoperative in our hospital, with posterior lumbar instrumentation with spondylolisthesis diagnosis, likewise, to compare the pre and postoperative symptoms. Methodology: It is carried out observational, longitudinal, retrospective, descriptive and opened study in a period from january to july 2001 including six patients with spondylolisthesis to capture in consultation external. Results: To the two months of the posoperatory all the patients maintain the muscular force 5/5, with decrease of the lumbar painful symptomatology and of pelvic members. It didn't improve the sensibility in a patient at level of member pelvic right presented preoperative and until the four month of the posoperatory. The surgical technique used in the hospital for the handling of the lumbar spondylolisthesis has demonstrated to be and appropriate form to diminish the symptomatology, without muscular deficit and with conserved sensibility, with scarce secondary complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]