29. Understanding surgeon decision-making and current surgical practice regarding the DSIC scheme and DLS treatment: a CSORN study

Degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) is a spinal pathology involving the slip of one or more lumbar spinal vertebrae. It is most common in women and African-Americans above the age of 50, and usually involves the anterior slip of the fourth lumbar vertebra of up to 30% of its vertebral body width due to the more sagittally-oriented facet joints, and therefore, high force concentration at that level. Despite its worldwide prevalence of about 6%, the classification and treatment of DLS is not standardized.
Source: The Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research