TITLE:
Bohlman Technique Using Rialto Sacroiliac Fusion Implant for Treating L5-S1 High Grade Spondylolisthesis. Report of Two Cases
AUTHORS:
Marcel Sincari, Eduardo Mendes, Luciano Guerra
KEYWORDS:
Bohlman Technique, Rialto Implant, Spondylolisthesis, Lumbar
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.14 No.3,
March
8,
2023
ABSTRACT:
The article begins with a brief biography of H. Bohlman,
a great orthopedist and person with strong impact on modern Medicine and Spine
surgery. Using original Bohlamn technique with small modifications (instead of
fibula graft used Rialto implant and performed posterior fixation L4-S2) we
treated surgically two young females with L5 listhesis with success. Methods: Both patients were followed up during 1
year and 9 months and 1 year and 7 months. Results: Two young females of 18 years old with isthmic listhesis L5 were submitted to fixation L4-S2 and transsacral, transdical fusion with Rialto
implant by Bohlman technique with partial reduction of listhesis. Both had
resolution of the pain and have maintained a good clinical outcome at 1 year and 9 months and another one at 1 year and 7 months follow up.