GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS

Operative treatment of degenerative lumbar spine spondylolisthesis.

INTRODUCTION Management of degenerative lumbosacral spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis is still controversial. Surgery is widely used, as well as non-surgical treatment. AIM To evaluate the clinical results and functional outcome after operative treatment in Grade II and III lumbar spine spondylolisthesis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twelve patients with symptoms and image-confirmed degenerati...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis | NASS Clinical Guidelines NASS Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines Committee

Rationale for the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis.

STUDY DESIGN A questionnaire survey. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the effect of patient age, dynamic instability, and/or low back pain on the treatment of patients with a degenerative spondylolisthesis, and if the operative approach is affected by surgeon specialty, location, or practice model. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The classic treatment for patients with symptomati...

Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis.

BACKGROUND Management of degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis is controversial. Surgery is widely used, but its effectiveness in comparison with that of nonsurgical treatment has not been demonstrated in controlled trials. METHODS Surgical candidates from 13 centers in 11 U.S. states who had at least 12 weeks of symptoms and image-confirmed degenerative spondylolisthesis were o...

Surgical Compared with Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

2009;91:1295-1304. doi:10.2106/JBJS.H.00913 J Bone Joint Surg Am. Birkmeyer, Harry Herkowitz, Michael Longley, Lawrence Lenke, Sanford Emery and Serena S. Hu James N. Weinstein, Jon D. Lurie, Tor D. Tosteson, Wenyan Zhao, Emily A. Blood, Anna N.A. Tosteson, Nancy Cohorts Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) Randomized and Observational Patient Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. Four-Year Results in the...