Characteristics and Prevalence of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis in Selected Population

Degenerativne promjene kralježnice pojavljuju se u kostima, intervertebralnim diskovima, ligamentima i malim zglobovima. Većina stanovništva pati od bolova u leđima što je jedan od glavnih uzroka radne nesposobnosti i invalidnosti osoba. Mnogi problemi koji utječu na kralježnicu su rezultat degenerativnih promjena na hrskavici, kostima i tkivu. Neke od promjena su: degeneracija diska, hernijacija diska, difuzna idiopatska skeletna hiperostoza, mijelopatija, spinalna stenoza, osifikacija ligamenata, epiduralna lipomatoza, skolioza te spondilolisteza i spondiloliza koju smo posebno istražili u ovom radu. Slikovne metode poput kompjuterizirane tomografije (CT) te magnetne rezonancije (MR) pomažu nam u evaluaciji degenerativnih promjena kralježnice.Degenerative changes in the spine affect bones, intervertebral discs, ligaments and small joints. Most of the population suffers from back pain and vertebrogenic pain is the one of the main causes that leads to disability and invalidity persons. Many of the problems that affect the spine are the result of degenerative changes in the cartilage, bone and tissue. Some of the changes include: disc degeneration, disc herniation, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, myelopathy, spinal stenosis, ossification of the ligaments, epidural lipomatosis, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis that we especially analyzed in our study. Imaging methods such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) help us to evaluate the degenerative changes of the spin