15 Robotic Instrumentation for Lumbosacral Spondylolisthesis

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. s-0036-1583007-s-0036-1583007
Author(s):  
Yazeed Gussous ◽  
Alekos Theologis ◽  
Joshua Demb ◽  
Sigurd Berven

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jake Jasinski ◽  
Doris Tong ◽  
Connor Hanson ◽  
Teck Soo

BACKGROUND Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and its connective tissue laxity often result in high-grade lumbosacral spondylolisthesis. Patients present with debilitating symptoms and neurological deficits. Reports of surgical techniques in non-EDS patients for the treatment of high-grade lumbosacral spondylolisthesis mainly described an open approach, multilevel fusions, and multiple stages with different circumferential approaches. Sagittal adjusting screws (SASs) can be used in a minimally invasive (MI) fashion, allowing intraoperative reduction. OBSERVATIONS A 17-year-old female with EDS presented to the authors’ institute with severe lower back and left L5 radicular pain in 2017. She presented with a left foot drop and difficulty ambulating. Magnetic resonance imaging showed grade IV L5–S1 spondylolisthesis. She underwent lumbar fusion for intractable back pain with radiculopathy. Intraoperatively, percutaneous SASs and extension towers were used to distract the L5–S1 disc space and reduce the spondylolisthesis. MI transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion was completed with significant symptomatic relief postoperatively. The patient was discharged to home 3 days postoperatively. Routine follow-up visits up to 3 years later demonstrated solid fusion radiographically and favorable patient-reported outcomes. LESSONS The authors used SASs in a MI approach to successfully correct and stabilize grade IV spondylolisthesis in an EDS patient with a favorable long-term patient-reported outcome.


1981 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Winter ◽  
Walter C. Edwards

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