A 37-year-old member asked:
What are the long term effects of having spondylolisthesis?
2 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
Dr. Michael Bolestaanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 42 years experience
Depends: Most people with spondylolisthesis lead normal lives. A minority may consider surgery.
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Dr. Gerald Mandell commented
Nuclear Medicine 54 years experience
A lot depends on degree of slippage. The greater grade of slip, more forward the vertebra, can result in pain also related to compression of nerves. These slips usually require surgery, spinal fusion etc.
Jan 11, 2015
Dr. Thomas Dowlinganswered
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 42 years experience
Usually none other: Than some back pain but occasionally leading to spinal stenosis or a disc herniation with 10% needing surgery-this is for the congenital or isthmic type. The degenerative or acquired type typically seen in postmenapausal females can lead to back pain & spinal stenosis with 30% needing surgery.
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