Posterior Fusion and Implantation of the SOCON-SRI System in the Treatment of Adult Spondylolisthesis Medscape

Description: Neurosurg Focus 7(6), 1999. Giovanni La Rosa, M.D., Antonino Germanò, M.D., Alfredo Conti, M.D., Fabio Cacciola, M.D., Gerardo Caruso, M.D., Francesco Tomasello, M.D., Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Messina School of Medicine, Messina, Italy
Surgery for adult patients with lumbar and lumbosacral spondylolisthesis is reserved for those with intractable radiculopathy, claudication, or symptomatic spinal instability. Internal fixation, in which posterior fusion, transpedicular screw fixation, and implantation of titanium devices are performed, has been advocated to improve fusion rates and clinical results. Fourteen consecutive patients with Grade II to III lumbar and lumbosacral spondylolisthesis who underwent posterior decompression, reduction, autologous posterior facet joint arthrodesis, and SOCON-SRI implantation are retrospectively reviewed.