Book contents
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic and Computational Neuroscience
- Section 2 Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases
- Chapter 12 Glioma
- Chapter 13 Brain Metastases: Molecules to Medicine
- Chapter 14 Benign Adult Brain Tumors and Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Chapter 15 Biomechanics of the Spine
- Chapter 16 Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
- Chapter 17 Spondylolisthesis
- Chapter 18 Radiculopathy
- Chapter 19 Spinal Tumors
- Chapter 20 Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Trauma
- Chapter 21 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 22 Vascular Neurosurgery
- Chapter 23 Pediatric Vascular Malformations
- Chapter 24 Craniofacial Neurosurgery
- Chapter 25 Hydrocephalus
- Chapter 26 Peripheral Nerve Injury Response Mechanisms
- Chapter 27 Clinical Peripheral Nerve Injury Models
- Chapter 28 The Neuroscience of Functional Neurosurgery
- Chapter 29 Neuroradiology: Focused Ultrasound in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 30 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 31 Brain Mapping
- Index
- References
Chapter 17 - Spondylolisthesis
from Section 2 - Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic and Computational Neuroscience
- Section 2 Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases
- Chapter 12 Glioma
- Chapter 13 Brain Metastases: Molecules to Medicine
- Chapter 14 Benign Adult Brain Tumors and Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Chapter 15 Biomechanics of the Spine
- Chapter 16 Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
- Chapter 17 Spondylolisthesis
- Chapter 18 Radiculopathy
- Chapter 19 Spinal Tumors
- Chapter 20 Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Trauma
- Chapter 21 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 22 Vascular Neurosurgery
- Chapter 23 Pediatric Vascular Malformations
- Chapter 24 Craniofacial Neurosurgery
- Chapter 25 Hydrocephalus
- Chapter 26 Peripheral Nerve Injury Response Mechanisms
- Chapter 27 Clinical Peripheral Nerve Injury Models
- Chapter 28 The Neuroscience of Functional Neurosurgery
- Chapter 29 Neuroradiology: Focused Ultrasound in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 30 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 31 Brain Mapping
- Index
- References
Summary
Spondylolisthesis is defined as the slippage of one vertebra over another. When the posterior bony elements are dissociated from the anterior column, high shear forces on the disc can lead to slippage of the vertebral bodies on one another. There are five types: dysplastic isthmic, degenerative, traumatic, and pathological. Biomechanical models are limited and attempt to replicate on isthmic and degenerative etiologies. From a clinical standpoint, several studies have explored the relative efficacy of surgical versus non-operative treatment and among surgical treatments, the need for decompression and fusion vs decompression alone. While several landmark studies have established several guides to surgical treatment, the lack of consensus on the use of different surgical approaches leaves room for future work.
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- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons , pp. 248 - 253Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024