To fuse or not to fuse in lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis: Do baseline symptoms help provide the answer?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-275

  Kleinstueck, F S ^a   Fekete, T F ^a   Mannion, A F ^a   Grob, D ^a   Porchet, F ^a   Mutter, U ^a   Jeszenszky, D ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Back pain; Decompression; Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Fusion; Leg pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861313998     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1896-1     Document Type: Article

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