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Just diagnosed with lumbar spine and pelvis demonstrating l5-s1 anterolisthesis due to l5 spondylolysis. what does this mean? spondylolysis

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Dr. Edward Hellman answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

See below: Anterolisthesis is where one bone in the spine is shifted forward on the other, and spondylolysis means the development of a stress fracture in an area of the spine known as the pars. So basically, you have developed a pars fracture that has allowed the L5 vertebrae to shift forward on the first sacral vertebrae.

Answered 9/12/2018

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