A comparison of unilateral laminectomy with bilateral decompression and fusion surgery in the treatment of grade I lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1205-1212

  Park, Jin Hoon ^a   Hyun, Seung Jae ^b   Roh, Sung Woo ^a   Rhim, Seung Chul ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Degenerative spondylolisthesis (DSPL); Fusion; Residual pain; Slippage; Translation; Unilateral laminectomy and bilateral decompression (ULBD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGULAR DIFFERENCE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISC HEIGHT TRANSLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRADE I LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL DUROTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL SLIPPAGE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNILATERAL LAMINECTOMY AND BILATERAL DECOMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 84865802222     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1394-1     Document Type: Article

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