Transvertebral interbody cage and pedicle screw fixation for high-grade spondylolisthesis. Case report

J Neurosurg. 2004 Jan;100(1 Suppl Spine):62-5. doi: 10.3171/spi.2004.100.1.0062.

Abstract

Surgical stabilization of high-grade lumbosacral spondylolisthesis is clinically challenging, and the success of deformity reduction and fusion varies. The authors describe a patient with Grade III spondylolisthesis at L5-S1. Partial reduction was achieved and fusion involved pedicle screw fixation and a posterior transvertebral interbody cage. This patient had developed progressive spondylolisthesis after decompression and posterolateral fusion for L5-S1 spondylolisthesis failed. Clinical and early radiographic results were excellent. Transsacral cage fixation can be considered a viable option to buttress the region in which high-grade L5-S1 spondylolisthesis has been reduced. The cage provides substrate for interbody arthrodesis and acts as a biomechanical stabilizer that helps prevent pedicle screw failure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Screws*
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Laminectomy
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery*
  • Prostheses and Implants*
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation / methods
  • Sacrum / pathology
  • Sacrum / surgery*
  • Spinal Fusion / methods*
  • Spondylolisthesis / diagnosis
  • Spondylolisthesis / surgery*