First Department of Orthopedics, Puyang Oilfield General Hospital, Puyang 457001, Henan Province, China
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: It is difficult to expose bilateral facet joints in L5 spondylolysis patients compared with non-spondylolysis patients. Thus, vertebral facet joint spacing and height in L5 spondylolysis patients can be used as indirect diagnostic signs that play key roles in the diagnosis of spondylolysis.