Dr Adriaan Liebenberg My Spine Explained | Page 43

intervertebral disc
vertebra
listhesis
Grade I listhesis
Grade IV listhesis
Images used with permission from Stryker
pedicle screw
Image used with permission from Medtronic
Figure 7.1
The top illustration demonstrates the slip of the lumbar vertebrae. The pic-
ture on the left depicts a Grade 1 listhesis; the picture on the right depicts a
Grade IV listhesis. Treatment consis ts of decompression of the nerves and fix-
ation of the spine by pedicle screws, as demonstrated in the bottom picture.
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