Abbreviations and terminology -spine

Question 1

DISH

Question 2

DLC

Answer 2

?ligamentous complex

Question 3

ALL

Answer 3

Anterior longitudinal ligament

Question 4

SCIWORA

Answer 4

spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality

Question 5

What is Lhermittes sign?

Answer 5

“Electric shock” sensation upon flexion of the neck.

Question 6

ISL

Answer 6

interspinous ligament

Question 7

ACDF

Answer 7

Anterior cervical discectomy

Question 8

OPLL

Question 9

CSM

Answer 9

cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Question 10

spondylosis

Answer 10

Degenerative, or age-related, changes in the spine

Question 11

myelopathy

Answer 11

spinal cord damage

Question 12

OPLL

Answer 12

Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) is a condition where the ligament (band of fibres) that runs along the back of the bone (vertebral body) and disc literally hardens into bone.

Question 13

XLIF

Question 14

DLIF

Question 15

ALIF

Question 16

TLIF

Answer 16

Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Question 17

PLIF

Answer 17

Posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Question 18

DISH

Answer 18

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Question 19

ORIF

Answer 19

open reduction and internal fixation.