Traumatic L4-L5 spondylolisthesis: case report
Fatih Ersay Deniz, Mehmet Zileli, Sedat Çağlı, Hasan Kanyılmaz
August 2008, Volume 17, Issue 2, pp 232 - 235 Case Report Read Full Article 10.1007/s00586-007-0496-6
First Online: 22 September 2007
We report a case of L4–L5 traumatic anterolisthesis. The patient was treated surgically 4 months after the injury. His radiological and operative findings showed L4 inferior facet tip fracture, L4–L5 anterior displacement and left L4–L5 foraminal disc protrusion. Decompression, reduction with L3, L4, L5 pedicular screw fixation, L4–L5 disc excision and interbody cage insertion with autologous bone grafts were done. Flexion type injury was thought to be the probable mechanism.
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