Spina bifida occulta in high grade spondylolisthesis

L Babbi; S Terzi; S Bandiera; G Barbanti Brodano

Spina bifida occulta in high grade spondylolisthesis

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2014;18(1 Suppl):8-14.

Authors

L Babbi¹, S Terzi, S Bandiera, G Barbanti Brodano

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oncological and Degenerative Spine Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy. giovanni@barbantibrodano.com.

PMID: 24825035

Abstract

A 14-year-old boy presented with symptomatic high-grade dysplastic type spondylolisthesis, with a presence of spina bifida occulta, not diagnosed by plain radiographs, but confirmed on preoperative CT and MR. Circumferential fusion with partial reduction of L5/S1 was performed. Awareness of the coexistence of spondylolisthesis and spina bifida by an accurate preoperative planning is paramount to avoid iatrogenic damage to neural elements during surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Radiography
Scheuermann Disease / diagnostic imaging
Scheuermann Disease / etiology*
Scheuermann Disease / surgery
Scoliosis / diagnostic imaging
Scoliosis / etiology*
Scoliosis / surgery
Spina Bifida Occulta / complications*
Spina Bifida Occulta / diagnostic imaging
Spina Bifida Occulta / surgery
Spinal Fusion
Spondylolisthesis / complications*
Spondylolisthesis / diagnostic imaging
Spondylolisthesis / surgery