Radiculogram for the right L5 nerve root. Radiculogram for the right L5 nerve root. Two levels of nerve root impingement are obvious and are attributable to far-lateral herniation at L5-S1 (single yellow arrow) and a ragged edge of a pars defect (spondylolysis) at L5 (double yellow arrows). KAZUTA YAMASHITA et al. Int J Spine Surg 2018;12:624-628 ©International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Copyright © 2018 ISASS - This manuscript is generously published free of charge by ISASS, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery