Have you ever heard of retro-spondylolisthesis of the spine?

Question

My girlfriend has back trouble after she fell off a horse a few years ago , and she saw a chiropractor who said she had verterbrae slippage or spondylolisthesis in the lumbar region. She recently saw a spine specialist who took x-rays and she actually had retro-spondylosisthesis, meaning instead of the 2 vertebra not lined up and pressing inward, they were pressing outward at the weak point. I looked up the word in a couple of medical books and couldn't find anything like this diagnosis or description. Anybody familiar with it or does it go by another word?

Answer 1

Spondylolisthesis is a slippage of one vertebral body upon the next lower vertebral body. The slippage may be forward (antegrade) or backwards (retrograde.) The slippage can be minimal to severe. Minimal may cause no symptoms but moderate to severe can cause severe back pain due to resultant pressure on the spinal cord or nerve rootlets. The reason for the slippage is absence erosion or fracture of both of the pars interarticularis of the slipping vertebra. This may be congenital or traumatic in origin. The vertebral bodies can be realigned and immobilized surgically if necessary.

Answer 2

Retrospondylolisthesis

Answer 3

I've heard of spondylosis and ankylosing spondylosis. But never what your saying. Are you spelling it right? Below is a link to website dealing with spondylosis, perhaps it can help you.

Answer 4

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