High-grade spondylolisthesis treated using a modified Bohlman technique: results among multiple surgeons

• Published in: Journal of neurosurgery. Spine Vol. 20; no. 5; p. 523
• Main Authors: Hart, Robert A, Domes, Christopher M, Goodwin, Brady, D'Amato, Charles R, Yoo, Jung U, Turker, Ronald J, Halsey, Matthew F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Blood Loss, Surgical - statistics & numerical data; Child; Female; Humans; Internal Fixators; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Operative Time; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Radiography; Reoperation; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Fusion - instrumentation; Spinal Fusion - methods; Spondylolisthesis - diagnostic imaging; Spondylolisthesis - surgery; Treatment Outcome

The ideal surgical management of high-grade spondylolisthesis remains unclear. Concerns regarding the original Bohlman transsacral interbody fusion technique with stand-alone autologous fibular strut include late graft fracture and incomplete reduction of lumbosacral kyphosis. The authors' goal...