Enlargement of Neural Foramina and Dynamic Stabilization in Spondylolisthesis without Restoring the Alignment: Technical Note.
10.14245/kjs.2016.13.1.37
- Author:
Ali Fahir OZER
1
;
Tuncer SUZER
;
Mehdi SASANI
;
Tunc OKTENOGLU
;
Emrah EGEMEN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. alifahirozer@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Spondylolisthesis;
Dynamic stabilization;
Lumbar pedicle;
Neural foraminal stenosis
- MeSH:
Decompression;
Humans;
Radiculopathy;
Spine;
Spondylolisthesis*
- From:Korean Journal of Spine
2016;13(1):37-39
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
It is well known that the cause of radiculopathy is the compression of the nerve root within the foramina which is narrowed secondary to sliding of the corpus and reduced disc height. In some patients, unroofing the foramen does not resolve this problem. We described a new decompression technique using pedicle removal and transpedicular dynamic instrumentation to stabilization the spine. We performed this operation in 2 patients and achieved very good results.
