Journal article
Nonoperative Treatment for Painful Adolescent Spondylolysis or Spondylolisthesis
Journal of pediatric orthopaedics, v 9(5), pp 538-540
Sep 1989
PMID: 2529267
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Abstract
Eighty-two adolescent patients with symptomatic spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis were treated by nonoperative modalities. Patientsʼ ages ranged from 6.5 to 21 years, and follow-up ranged from 1 to 14.3 years. Thirty-one patients became asymptomatic, 17 had significant but incomplete relief of pain, nine had no relief, and 25 required surgical treatment for pain. Of 12 patients with grade 3 or 4 slip, only one had significant relief of pain, whereas 48 of 70 patients with lesser degrees of slip had significant relief of pain. Nonoperative treatment of degrees of spondylolisthesis of ≤grade 2 can reliably relieve pain in two-thirds of patients.
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- Title
- Nonoperative Treatment for Painful Adolescent Spondylolysis or Spondylolisthesis
- Creators
- Peter Pizzutillo - Thomas Jefferson UniversityCharles Hummer - Thomas Jefferson University
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric orthopaedics, v 9(5), pp 538-540
- Publisher
- Lippincott-Raven Publishers
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Medical Humanities
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1989AM04000007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0024406884
- Other Identifier
- 991021861838004721
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- Orthopedics
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