Surgery for adult spondylolisthesis: a systematic review of the evidence

European Spine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2359-2367

  Schulte, Tobias L ^a   Ringel, Florian ^b   Quante, Markus ^c   Eicker, Sven O ^d   Muche Borowski, Cathleen ^e   Kothe, Ralph ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Neustadt   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e AWMF   (Germany)

^f Schon Klinik Hamburg Eilbek   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Conservative treatment; Decompression; Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Fusion; Isthmic spondylolisthesis; Reduction; Spondylolisthesis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL; BACKACHE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941343575     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-015-4177-6     Document Type: Review

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