SPONDYLOLISTHESIS: SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Abstract
THIS MONOGRAPHY DEALS WITH THE SPECIAL SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF SPONDYLOLISTHESIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. AT THE FIRST PART WE PRESENT THE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING SPONDYLOLISTHESIS IN YOUNG PATIENTS. AT THE SECOND PART WE PRESENT THE EXPERIENCE FROM 20 CASES OF SYMPTOMATIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS OPERATED IN SWEDEN BETWEEN THE YEARS 1963-1981. EIGHTEEN OF THEM AMONG WHICH 11 SUFFERING FROM OLISTHESIS LARGER THAN GR III MEYERDING, WERE OPERATED BY ANTERIOR EXTRAPERITONEAL INTERBODY FUSION WITHOUT DECOMPRESSION. OUR CONCLUSIONS ARE: 1. SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF SPONDYLOLISTHESIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ARE DIFFERENT THAN IN ADULTS. YOUNG PATIENTS FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER PROGRESSION. FURTHERMORE THE RESULTS FROM OPERATIVE TREATMENT AREMORE SATISFACTORY. 2. SPONDYLOLISTHESIS IS NOT NECESSARILY ACCOMPANIED BY PAIN IN YOUNG PATIENTS. A TRIAD OF SYMPTOMS THAT CHARACTERIZE THE PHALEN-DICKSONOR TIGHT HAMSTRINGS SYNDROME MAY APPEAR AS FIRST SIG ...
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