Lumbar Fusion for Degenerative Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

(2016) Peter Försth et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Laminectomy plus Fusion versus Laminectomy Alone for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis

(2016) Zoher Ghogawala et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Surgery Versus Nonsurgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

(2015) Anthony Delitto et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Lumbar Facet Joint Effusion on MRI as a Sign of Unstable Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

(2015) Friederike Lattig et al.   JOURNAL OF SPINAL DISORDERS & TECHNIQUES

2015 Updated Method Guideline for Systematic Reviews in the Cochrane Back and Neck Group

(2015) Andrea D. Furlan et al.   SPINE

National trends in the surgical treatment for lumbar degenerative disc disease: United States, 2000 to 2009

(2015) Hiroyuki Yoshihara et al.   Spine Journal

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation

(2015) L. Shamseer et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation

(2015) L. Shamseer et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Health-related quality of life following decompression compared to decompression and fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a Canadian multicentre study

(2014) Y. Raja Rampersaud et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Surgery in lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis: indications, outcomes and complications. A systematic review

(2014) F. Steiger et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Patient outcomes after laminotomy, hemilaminectomy, laminectomy and laminectomy with instrumented fusion for spinal canal stenosis: a propensity score-based study from the Spine Tango registry

(2014) Everard Munting et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Introduction: Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine

(2014) Michael W. Groff   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 7: Lumbar fusion for intractable low-back pain without stenosis or spondylolisthesis

(2014) Jason C. Eck et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

The association between Modic changes and pain during 1-year follow-up in patients with lumbar radicular pain

(2014) Elina Iordanova Schistad et al.   SKELETAL RADIOLOGY

Surgery for Spinal Stenosis

(2014) Shivanand P. Lad et al.   SPINE

Elderly Patients Have Similar Outcomes Compared to Younger Patients After Minimally Invasive Surgery for Spinal Stenosis

(2013) Ilyas S. Aleem et al.   CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH

Complications, Reoperation Rates, and Health-Care Cost Following Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis

(2013) Shivanand P Lad et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Decompression Only Versus Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Stenosis in Elderly Patients Over 75 Years Old: Which is Reasonable?

(2013) Chang-Hyun LEE et al.   NEUROLOGIA MEDICO-CHIRURGICA

Interspinous Spacers Compared With Decompression or Fusion for Lumbar Stenosis

(2013) Richard A. Deyo et al.   SPINE

Lumbar Spine Fusion for Chronic Low Back Pain Due to Degenerative Disc Disease

(2013) Frank M. Phillips et al.   SPINE

Preoperative Pain Pattern Predicts Surgical Outcome More Than Type of Surgery in Patients With Central Spinal Stenosis Without Concomitant Spondylolisthesis

(2013) Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson et al.   SPINE

Lumbar surgery in work-related chronic low back pain: can a continuum of care enhance outcomes?

(2013) Tom G. Mayer et al.   Spine Journal

Does fusion improve the outcome after decompressive surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis?

(2013) P. Försth et al.   Bone & Joint Journal

Comparison of lifetime incremental cost:utility ratios of surgery relative to failed medical management for the treatment of hip, knee and spine osteoarthritis modelled using 2-year postsurgical values

(2012) Peggy Tso et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

No difference in 9-year outcome in CLBP patients randomized to lumbar fusion versus cognitive intervention and exercises

(2012) Anne Froholdt et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Surgical Options for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Evidence of Differential Readmission and Reoperation Rates

(2012) Todd F. Alamin   Spine Journal

To fuse or not to fuse in lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis: do baseline symptoms help provide the answer?

(2011) F. S. Kleinstueck et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Revision Surgery Following Operations for Lumbar Stenosis

(2011) Richard A Deyo et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Spinal Fusion in the United States

(2011) Sean S. Rajaee et al.   SPINE

Cost-utility of lumbar decompression with or without fusion for patients with symptomatic degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis

(2011) Salin Kim et al.   Spine Journal

Reoperations After Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

(2011) Vijayakumar Javalkar et al.   World Neurosurgery

Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges Associated With Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults

(2010) Richard A. Deyo   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Surgical Outcomes of Decompression, Decompression With Limited Fusion, and Decompression With Full Curve Fusion for Degenerative Scoliosis With Radiculopathy

(2010) Ensor E. Transfeldt et al.   SPINE

Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment of Selected Patients With Discogenic Low Back Pain

(2010) Seiji Ohtori et al.   SPINE

Long-term Outcomes of Lumbar Fusion Among Workers’ Compensation Subjects

(2010) Trang H. Nguyen et al.   SPINE

Minimum acceptable outcomes after lumbar spinal fusion

(2010) Eugene J. Carragee et al.   Spine Journal

How do validated measures of functional outcome compare with commonly used outcomes in administrative database research for lumbar spinal surgery?

(2009) Daniel Omoto et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Surgical Compared with Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

(2009) James N Weinstein et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Interpreting Change Scores for Pain and Functional Status in Low Back Pain

(2009) Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo et al.   SPINE

Comparison of surgical and conservative treatment for degenerative lumbar scoliosis

(2008) Torsten Kluba et al.   ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY

Defining Substantial Clinical Benefit Following Lumbar Spine Arthrodesis

(2008) Steven D Glassman et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Surgical versus Nonsurgical Therapy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

(2008) James N. Weinstein et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Life Expectancy After Lumbar Spine Surgery

(2008) Ho-Joong Kim et al.   SPINE