listhesis

noun 2

Definitions

noun

1

A forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment.

Type 1 facetal malalignment was when the facet of atlas was dislocated anterior to the facet of axis on lateral imaging and simulates lumbosacral listhesis.

2

Any such displacement, anterior or otherwise.

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