Fulvio Tartara, Diego Garbossa, Daniele Armocida, Giuseppe Di Perna, Marco Ajello, Nicola Marengo, Marco Bozzaro, Salvatore Petrone, Pietro Domenico Giorgi, Giuseppe Rosario Schirò, Simona Legrenzi, Davide Boeris, Andrea Piazzolla, Anna Claudia Passarelli, Alessandro Longo, Alessandro Ducati, Federica Penner, Flavio Tancioni, Alberto Bona, Giovanni Paternò, Cristina Tassorelli, Roberto De Icco, Giovanni Andrea Lamaida, Enrico Gallazzi, Giulia Pilloni, Elena Virginia Colombo, Paolo Gaetani, Enrico Aimar, Cesare Zoia, Roberto Stefini, Angelo Rusconi, Amos M Querenghi, Carlo Brembilla, Claudio Bernucci, Andrea Fanti, Alessandro Frati, Antonio Manelli, Vitaliano Muzii, Mattia Sedia, Alberto Romano, Ali Baram, Silvia Figini, Elena Ballante, Giuseppe Gioia, Marco Locatelli, Mauro Pluderi, Carlotta Morselli, Roberto Bassani, Francesco Costa, Fabio Cofano
BACKGROUND: Vertebral arthrodesis for degenerative pathology of the lumbar spine still remains burdened by clinical problems with significant negative results. The introduction of the sagittal balance assessment with the evaluation of the meaning of pelvic parameters and spinopelvic (PI-LL) mismatch offered new evaluation criteria for this widespread pathology, but there is a lack of consistent evidence on long-term outcome. METHODS: The authors performed an extensive systematic review of literature, with the aim to identify all potentially relevant studies about the role and usefulness of the restoration or the assessment of Sagittal balance in lumbar degenerative disease...
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