Catalog

Traumatic spondylolysis with slippage

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Link to WHO Definition

Traumatic spondylolysis with slippage – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2078584072

This is a condition characterised by deficient development or degeneration of a portion of the vertebra, usually in the pars interarticularis (the bone bridge between the superior and inferior facet joints of the lumbar vertebra) with forward displacement of a superior vertebral body over the vertebral body below which is secondary to trauma.