Transpedicular screws for fusion of the Lumbosacral spine in treatment of spondylolithesis

ABSTRACT

In this study, 62 adult patients presented with spondylolithesis received surgical treatment in the form of laminectomy, discectomy and removal of pars interarticularis with decompression of the nerve root on the symptomatic side and posterolateral fixation by transpedicular screws, in the period between July 1995 and January 2003. The patients were evaluated at an average follow-up period of 21 months. In this study females were 38 cases and males were 24 cases with the average age of both 42 years. The results were excellent in 34 cases, good in 15 cases, fair in 9 cases and 3 patients with poor results, still complaining of low back pain and sciatica