Minimally Invasive Screw Fixation of Non-Pseudoarthorotic Lumbar Spondylolysis for Early Return to Sports.
buck’s method
cortical bone trajectory
early return to sports
lumbar spondylolysis
minimally invasive surgery
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2021
Sep 2021
Historique:
accepted:
27
09
2021
entrez:
1
11
2021
pubmed:
2
11
2021
medline:
2
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Lumbar spondylolysis is a fatigue fracture that occurs most frequently in middle and high school athletes. Conservative treatment is the first choice when the fracture is fresh. Surgical treatment of lumbar spondylolysis is often reported for pseudarthrosis cases, but surgery for cases of fresh fractures is rare. We report a case of a 16-year-old male, high jump athlete, with recurrent non-pseudoarthorotic lumbar spondylolysis. He presented to our hospital with a chief complaint of back pain, and was diagnosed as right L5, pre-lysis-stage lumbar spondylolysis. After 3 months of conservative treatment, bone union was achieved with no obvious worsening of the fracture. His back pain also disappeared and he was able to return to exercise. At 6 months after the first examination, the lesion recurred and he could no longer continue playing sports, so surgical treatment was indicated. Minimally invasive screw fixation was performed by combining Buck's method and the cortical bone trajectory. After the surgery, he started jogging at 5 weeks, resumed jumping practice at 7 weeks, and returned to competition at 2 months. He set a new personal best in a competition 3 months post-surgery. Bone union was achieved at 4 months. This technique is minimally invasive and does not involve debridement or bone grafting, which provides early pain relief and return to sports.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34722087
doi: 10.7759/cureus.18323
pmc: PMC8549578
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e18323Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021, Gamada et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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