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In this webinar recording, faculty identify, display, and discuss the radiographical features that can be seen on x-ray, CT and MRI, with the intention to establish a timeline on which they clinically present. These features are routinely used in a spine clinic to assist with the diagnosis of spondylolisthesis and guide management. They consist of common structural and degenerative changes within the facet joints, posterior ligamentous complex, and the intervertebral disc. These features include: (1) Facet Morphology/Arthropathy, (2) Facet Effusion, (3) Facet Vacuum, (4) Synovial Cyst, (5) Vacuum disc and (6) Interspinous Ligament as markers of dysfunction, instability, and/or re-stabilization.
This webinar increases awareness of these radiographical markers, placing them within the framework of the currently accepted model of degenerative spondylolisthesis to help guide future research and treatment guidelines. To this aim, we assemble a multi-disciplinary context of the current state of literature on degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis.