Abstract:Introduction The gold standard treatment for degenerative lumbar listhesis is decompression with fusion. According to a SPORT trail, 35% of patients with this condition present with additional symptomatic stenosis most commonly on the adjacent segment. However, the most appropriate surgical technique to treat the stenosis adjacent to the instrumented segment remains controversial. Extended fusion with open decompression could lead to adjacent segment disease; simple decompression without fusion might lead to c… Show more
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