Keiichiro Tozawa, Yoshitaka Matsubayashi, So Kato, Toru Doi, Yuki Taniguchi, Yudai Kumanomido, Akiro Higashikawa, Yuichi Yosihida, Naohiro Kawamura, Katsuyuki Sasaki, Seiichi Azuma, Jim Yu, Nobuhiro Hara, Masaaki Iizuka, Takashi Ono, Masayoshi Fukushima, Yujiro Takeshita, Sakae Tanaka, Yasushi Oshima
BACKGROUND: Whether lumbar decompression with fusion surgery is effective against Meyerding grade 2 degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) is unknown. Therefore, the current study aimed to compare the surgical outcomes between posterior decompression alone and posterior decompression with fusion surgery among patients with grade 2 DS with central canal stenosis. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included prospectively registered patients (n = 3863) who underwent surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal canal stenosis at nine high-volume spine centers from April 2017 to July 2019...
October 8, 2022: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders