Utility of the decubitus or the supine rather than the extension lateral radiograph in evaluating lumbar segmental instability

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 851 - 857
• Main Authors: Zhou, Qingshuang, Sun, Xu, Qiu, Yong, Zhu, Zezhang, Xu, Liang, Pu, Xiaojiang, Yang, Bo, Wang, Sinian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Back surgery; Bone surgery; Hospitals; Humans; Image processing; Instability; Joint Instability - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Lumbosacral Region; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Orthopedics; Radiography; Range of motion; Range of Motion, Articular; Spondylolisthesis; Spondylolisthesis - diagnostic imaging; Spondylolisthesis - surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Translation; Vertebrae; Segmental instability; Decubitus; Translational motion; Supine; Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis

Objective To determine the superiority of decubitus and supine radiographs for the reduction of olisthesis instead of the extension radiograph, and the inconsistency of the CT scout view, 3D-reconstruction and MR image in evaluating segmental instability. Methods A cohort of 154 low-grade lumbar deg...