[Characteristics of an intervertebral disk herniation in spondylolisthesis]

Treatment of intervertebral disc herniation associated with spondylolisthesis is not different from common procedures concerning indication for surgery and surgical technique as far as sciatica is not related to retrolisthetic soft tissue or the posterior edge of the vertebral body. In a case of a disc herniation L5/S1 and an olisthesis grade I with radicular pain L5 a microdiscectomy of the prolapse and parts of the retrolisthetic soft tissue was performed. An immediate reintervention was necessary due to postoperative symptoms of paralysis. Derangement of the retrolisthetic soft tissue was found to cause the increased L5-symptoms.