Diseases

Spondylolysis

Deficient development or degeneration of a portion of the VERTEBRA, usually in the pars interarticularis (the bone bridge between the superior and inferior facet joints of the LUMBAR VERTEBRAE) leading to SPONDYLOLISTHESIS.

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Abstract

Deficient development or degeneration of a portion of the VERTEBRA, usually in the pars interarticularis (the bone bridge between the superior and inferior facet joints of the LUMBAR VERTEBRAE) leading to SPONDYLOLISTHESIS.

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  • Spondylolyses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific vertebra; do not confuse with SPONDYLOSIS or SPONDYLITIS

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History Note

91(75); was see under SPONDYLOLISTHESIS 1975-90

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  1. C05w.116w.900w.938w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spondylolysis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013169. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013169
  2. Spondylolysis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondylolysis
  3. Spondylolysis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2000072