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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 74-B, Issue 3, 426-430
Copyright © 1992 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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The Scott wiring technique for direct repair of lumbar spondylolysis

GV Johnson and AG Thompson

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, Northfield, England.

Between 1979 and 1989, we treated 22 patients with symptomatic lumbar spondylolysis which had not responded to conservative treatment by a modified Scott wiring technique to give direct repair of the lytic defects with stabilisation. The patients' mean age at the time of operation was 15 years; the mean follow-up period was four years. All 19 patients under 25 years old had satisfactory results. Two of the three patients over 25 years old had poor results. The age of the patient at surgery seems to be an important determinant of outcome. Radiologically confirmed fusion is of secondary importance. The presence of a grade I spondylolisthesis did not prejudice the result. We recommend the Scott wiring technique to stabilise the direct repair of a lumbar spondylolysis.




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