Randomized controlled trials for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: which patients benefit from lumbar fusion?

Zoher Ghogawala; Daniel K Resnick; Steven D Glassman; James Dziura; Christopher I Shaffrey; Praveen V Mummaneni

doi:10.3171/2016.8.SPINE16716

Randomized controlled trials for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: which patients benefit from lumbar fusion?

J Neurosurg Spine. 2017 Feb;26(2):260-266. doi: 10.3171/2016.8.SPINE16716. Epub 2016 Sep 23.

Authors

Zoher Ghogawala¹, Daniel K Resnick², Steven D Glassman³, James Dziura⁴, Christopher I Shaffrey⁵, Praveen V Mummaneni⁶

Affiliations

¹ Alan L. and Jacqueline B. Stuart Spine Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY.
⁴ Yale Center for Analytical Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
⁶ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

PMID: 27661562
DOI: 10.3171/2016.8.SPINE16716

No abstract available

Keywords: MCID = minimum clinically important difference; ODI = Oswestry Disability Index; PCS = physical component summary; QALY = quality-adjusted life year; RCT = randomized controlled trial; SLIP = Spinal Laminectomy versus Instrumented Pedicle Screw.

MeSH terms

Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration* / diagnostic imaging
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration* / surgery
Lumbar Vertebrae* / diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae* / surgery
Patient Selection
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic* / methods
Spinal Fusion* / methods
Spinal Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Stenosis / surgery
Spondylolisthesis* / diagnostic imaging
Spondylolisthesis* / surgery
Treatment Outcome