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. 2020 May 8;81(3):644–653. doi: 10.3348/jksr.2020.81.3.644

Table 2. Multipledetector CT Findings in Cases of Acquired Spondylolysis or Spondylolisthesis after Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy.

Group Case Level and Width of Laminectomy Spondylolysis Spondylolisthesis Facet Joint Changes Fatty Grade of Paraspinal Muscles
Level Width (%) Level Location Level Degree (%)
1 1 Both L3 70.2 Both L3 F L3–4 8.4 - Grade 1
2 Both L4 68.2 Both L4 F L4–5 2.5 - Grade 0
3 Right L3 55.1 Right L3 F - - - Grade 0
4 Left L4 22.6 Left L4 F L4–5 7.4 Subluxation and OA Grade 0
2 5 Both L4 75.9 - - - - - Grade 2
Left L5 34.8 Right L5 I - - - Grade 2
6 Left L4 49.1 - - L3–4 6.4 Subluxation Grade 2

Group 1 was included patients who have had posterior lumbar laminectomy without fusion, and Group 2 was included patients who have had posterior lumbar laminectomy with fusion.

F = below the pars interarticularis and adjacent to the facet joint, I = isthmic portion at pars interarticularis, L = lumbar, OA = osteoarthritis