Two types of laminolysis in adolescent athletes

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 225 - 228
• Main Authors: Miyagi, Ryo, Sairyo, Koichi, Sakai, Toshinori, Yoshioka, Hiroshi, Yasui, Natsuo, Dezawa, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biomechanical Phenomena; Case Report; Conservative Orthopedics; Fractures, Stress; Humans; Low Back Pain - etiology; Lumbar Vertebrae - injuries; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Orthopedics; Pseudarthrosis - complications; Rheumatology; Spinal Fractures - complications; Spine - diagnostic imaging; Spine - physiopathology; Spondylolysis - diagnostic imaging; Spondylolysis - pathology; Spondylolysis - physiopathology; Spondylolysis - therapy; Sports; Sports Medicine; Surgical Orthopedics; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Traumatic Surgery; Stress fracture; Retroisthmic cleft; Lumbar spine; Spondylolysis; Laminar fracture; Laminolysis

Bony defects in the spine are divided into three main types: spondylolysis, pediculolysis, and laminolysis. Lumbar spondylolysis is a well-known stress fracture that occurs frequently in adolescent athletes. Pediculolysis means stress fracture of the pedicle, which sometimes occurs subsequent to uni...