The model of the segmented vertebral bodies, ligaments (anterior longitudinal, posterior longitudinal, supraspinal (SSL), interspinal (ISL), ligamentum flavum, and
intertransverse), intervertebral discs, and ribs were imported into a finite element analytical program (ABAQUS 6.11 Simulia, USA) for simulation and quantitative analysis.
A prospective study comparing decompression with decompression and
intertransverse process arthrodesis.
The ligaments are anterior longitudinal (ALL), posterior longitudinal (PLL), ligamentumflavum (LF), interspinous (ISL), supraspinous (SSL),
intertransverse (ITL), and Facet capsulary (FCL).
Low cervical: at the anterior aspects of the
intertransverse spaces C5-C7.
The surgical procedures involved T10, T11, L1, L2, and L3 laminectomy with pedicle screw fixation and
intertransverse fusion [Figure 1]f,[Figure 1]g,[Figure 1]h.
Van Der Plaats et al [44] studied the possible cases with their hypothesis on whether unilateral postponement of growth of MM Rotatores or of ligamentum flavum and
intertransverse ligament by varying their stiffness initiated the scoliosis.
But if the listhesis is reduced, the tension of the roots does disappear, and also the transverse processes come into same level to put the
intertransverse graft.
The examined sites (9 pairs) were the following: the occiput (at the suboccipital muscle insertions), the low cervical area (at the anterior aspects of the
intertransverse spaces at C5-C7), the trapezius muscle (at the midpoint of the upper border), the supraspinatus muscles (at their origins), the second rib (at the costochondral junctions), 2 cm distal to the lateral epicondyle), the upper outer quadrant of the buttocks, posterior to the greater trochanteric prominence, and the knees (at the medial fat pad proximal to the joint line).
The retractor blades were opened in a rostral-caudal fashion and properly angulated into the
intertransverse L3-L4 space, lateral to the right L3 isthmus and L3-L4 facet joint.