This is a condition characterised by degeneration of a portion of the vertebra, usually in the pars interarticularis (the bone bridge between the superior and inferior facet joints of the lumbar vertebra) with forward displacement of a superior vertebral body over the vertebral body below.
Also indexed as
Iatrogenic spondylolysis with slippageSpondylolysis with slippageSpondylolysis with slippage with determinantSpondylolysis with slippage with determinant, otherwise specifiedSpondylolysis with slippage with no determinantSpondyloptosis with slippageTraumatic spondylolysis with slippage