Back انحلال الفقار Arabic Spondylolysis German مهرهکافت Persian Spondylolyse French ספונדילוליזיס HE Spondilolisi Italian Spondylolyse Dutch Спондилолиз Russian
| Spondylolysis | |
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| Spondylolysis (wrong descriptions: the upper 3 arrows should be partes interarticulares) | |
| Specialty | Orthopedics |
| Diagnostic method | X-ray, MRI |
Spondylolysis is a defect or stress fracture in the pars interarticularis of the vertebral arch.[1] The vast majority of cases occur in the lower lumbar vertebrae (L5), but spondylolysis may also occur in the cervical vertebrae.[2]
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