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e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2dd4dabb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f8f390d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f8f390d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Instability \/ listhesis<\/h1><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Listhesis is the name for an unnaturally mobile vertebra, which moves, leaves its normal position and, thus, can cause different complaints. Beside listhesis also the term spondylolisthesis is common.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2>Symptoms listhesis \/ instability<\/h2><p>Listhesis can cause various symptoms. Pain in\u00a0back\u00a0and legs can occur permanently or during certain postures. But listhesis is also to bring about prickling, sensation loss or paralysis. Here you can find the symptoms in an overview:<\/p><ul><li>prickling, numbness<\/li><li>pain in\u00a0back\u00a0and legs either permanent or during certain postures<\/li><li>paralysis<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Illustration:<\/strong>\u00a0The vertebral body in this picture slips backwards and thus presses onto the spinal canal and nerve roots. This way it can cause pain, sensation disturbance or paralysis of\u00a0back\u00a0and extremities. A forward or sideward movement is also possible.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2>Causes listhesis \/ instability<\/h2><p>Listhesis emerges due to an instability of facet joints or vetebral archs. As a consequence, an unnatural mobility of vertebrae occurs that may cause\u00a0back pain\u00a0and\/or pain in the legs. Instability has several causes, e.g. heriditary, spinal deformations, but also changes due to wear, bone loss or previous fractures. Wear of the facet joints (<a title=\"Facet joint arthrosis \/ facet syndrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neurosurgery\/facet-joint-arthrosis-facet-syndrome\/\">facet arthrosis<\/a>) is the most often cause for listhesis. This is called \u2018pseudospondylolisthesis\u2019 (image B) in opposite to \u2018spondylolisthesis\u2019 caused by a fissure formation of the vertebral arch (probably emerged because of stress fractures; image A). Different grades of severity (I-IV) of lysthesis are distinguished depending on the degree of shift. The causes of listhesis in short:<\/p><ul><li>hereditary malformation of spine<\/li><li>non-hereditary malformation of spine<\/li><li>wear and tear<\/li><li>wear\u00a0facet joints (facet arthrosis)<\/li><li>bone loss<\/li><li><a title=\"Osteoporosis \/ vertebral fracture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neurosurgery\/diseases-disorders-spine-osteoporosis-vertebral-fracture\/\">previous fractures<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2>Diagnostics listhesis \/ instability<\/h2><p>To differentiate listhesis from other spinal diseases causing similar complaints, patients first get a neurological-orthopedic examination including a comprehensive talk about the history and treatment of illness.\u00a0Often imaging examinations like\u00a0MRI\u00a0follow. Magnet resonance imaging enables us to examine and visualize listhesis and other\u00a0spinal diseases\u00a0very thoroughly. At Beta Klinik we use an\u00a0open\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neuroradiology-and-pediatric-neuroradiology\/mri\/\">MRI<\/a>\u00a0system\u00a0which allows us to comfortly examine patients suffering from claustrophobia or patients up to 250 kg (500 lbs).<\/p><p>It is possible that listhesis is only visible during movement. For this reason we conduct movement examinations in our open MRI scanner. Patients lay in a prone position and have a pillow under their belly to incline the spine. During another sequence, patients lay on their back with a pillow under it to recline the spine. This way we are able to recognize if a vertebra leaves its position during inclination or reclination.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Top image:<\/strong>\u00a0Listhesis resulting from a fissure formation of the vertebral arch (true listhesis \/ spondylolisthesis)<\/p><p><strong>Bottom image:<\/strong>\u00a0Listhesis resulting from\u00a0tear of vertebral joints\u00a0(pseudospondylolisthesis)<\/p><h2>As mentioned above, four grades of severity are differentiated:<\/h2><ul><li>listhesis grade 1: vertebra drift of less than 25% of vertebra length<\/li><li>listhesis grade 2: vertebra drift of 25-50% of vertebra length<\/li><li>listhesis grade 3: vertebra drift of 50-75% of vertebra length<\/li><li>listhesis grade 4: vertebra drift of over 75% of vertebra length<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2>Therapy listhesis \/ instability<\/h2><p>How to treat listhesis decides the physician in dependence on age, grade of severity, individual degree of suffering and individual life situation, symptoms as well as history of illness. The following therapy options for listhesis are given:<\/p><ul><li>microtherapy\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Sports and rehabilitation\u2014Beta Sport and Reha\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/sports-and-rehabilitation-beta-sport-and-reha\/\">medical strengthening therapy<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Endoscopic spine surgery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neurosurgery\/endoscopic-spine-surgery\/\">endoscopic surgery<\/a>\u00a0in case of younger patients<\/li><li><a title=\"Microsurgery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neurosurgery\/microsurgery\/\">microscopic relief<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Decompression \/ microlaminectomy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neurosurgery\/decompression-microlaminectomy\/\">microscopic decompression of the spinal canal<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Stabilization \/ fusion surgery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neurosurgery\/stabilization-fusion-surgery\/\">stabilization surgery \/ fusion surgery<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Illustration:<\/strong>\u00a0If you look at this illustration, you see a stabilization system using screws and rods to permanently stabilize the vertebral body affected by listhesis and the adjoining vertebral bodies.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>A conservative approach in case of listhesis is\u00a0microtherapy\u00a0and\u00a0medical strengthening\u00a0therapy. Whereas medical strengthening therapy consists of exercises building up muscles and, thus, relieving the back, microtherapy is a minimally invasive treatment of the complaints caused by listhesis. Under\u00a0CT\u00a0navigation, a thin needle is inserted into the osseous nerve root canal. Through this needle we inject swelling reducing and painkilling drugs around the nerve root. Microtherapy has to be repeated two or three times in weekly intervals.<\/p><p>Listhesis is also to be treated by microscopic surgery.<\/p><p>With\u00a0Microsurgery\u00a0and microscopic\u00a0decompression (microlaminectomy)\u00a0a skin cut is necessary to create a surgical approach. Besides, the microsurgical removal of\u00a0<a title=\"Spinal stenosis \/ spinal canal stenosis\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neurosurgery\/spinal-stenosis-spinal-canal-stenosis\/\">spinal stenosis<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Slipped disc \/ herniated disc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neurosurgery\/slipped-disc-herniated-disc\/\">disc herniations<\/a>\u00a0is possibe. Employing a special surgical microscope enables us to work very precisely.<\/p><p>Before treating listhesis with\u00a0<a title=\"Stabilization \/ fusion surgery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/specialties\/neurosurgery\/stabilization-fusion-surgery\/\">stabilization surgery (fusion \/ stiffening \/ spondylodesis)<\/a>,\u00a0the individual usage and chances of success of all other procedures should be taken into consideration. During stabilization neurosurgeons combine bone tissue, plates, so-called cages and screws to permanently stabilize the spine. 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