Prospective outcomes evaluation after decompression with or without instrumented fusion for lumbar stenosis and degenerative Grade I spondylolisthesis

Ghogawala, Zoher; C. Benzel, Edward; Amin‐Hanjani, Sepideh; G. Barker, Fred; Fred Harrington, J.; N. Magge, Subu; Strugar, John; Coumans, Jean-Valery; F. Borges, Lawrence

doi:10.3171/spi.2004.1.3.0267

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Prospective outcomes evaluation after decompression with or without instrumented fusion for lumbar stenosis and degenerative Grade I spondylolisthesis

Published in Journal of Neurosurgery Spine • Oct 1, 2004

Authors:

Zoher Ghogawala

Edward C. Benzel

Sepideh Amin‐Hanjani

Abstract

OBJECT: There is considerable debate among spine surgeons regarding whether fusion should be used to augment decompressive surgery in patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis involving Grade I degenerative spondylolisthesis. The authors prospectively evaluated the outcomes of patients treate...

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Medicine

Oswestry Disability Index

Spondylolisthesis

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