THE NECESSITY OF REDUCTION İN SPONDYLOLISTHESIS CASES TREATED WITH DIAPOSON SYSTEM
Journal Title: Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery - Year 1994, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
We treated 17 patients who had chronic low back pain and/or neurologic deficit due to spondyotisthesis with Diaposon system at the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department of Gülhane Military Medical Academy be-tween January 1989 and May 1994. We applied decompression, reduction and fusion to the patients with and av-erage of 38. We externally supported the patients with body cast in first 3 months postoperativeiy. Average follow-up was 18 months and ali of the complaints of the patients were ceased at the postoperative period. We do be-lieve in the necessity of reduction in order to obtain the mechanical axis of spinal column in spondytoiisthesis cas-es.
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Mehmet ALTINMAKAS, Gürkan MOLLA, Nevres AYDOĞAN, Can SOLAKOĞLU
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