Pain and disability after first-time spinal fusion for lumbar degenerative disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Trends, Complications, and Costs for Hospital Admission and Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

(2017) Gustavo C. Machado et al.   SPINE

A prospective, multi-center clinical and radiographic outcomes evaluation of ChronOS strip for lumbar spine fusion

(2016) Adam S. Kanter et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Randomized Clinical Trials and Observational Studies: Is There a Battle?

(2016) Mariana Chavez-MacGregor et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Assessing the Gold Standard — Lessons from the History of RCTs

(2016) Laura E. Bothwell et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Consensus at last! Long-term results of all randomized controlled trials show that fusion is no better than non-operative care in improving pain and disability in chronic low back pain

(2016) Anne F. Mannion et al.   Spine Journal

Inpatient Outcomes and Postoperative Complications After Primary Versus Revision Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgeries for Degenerative Lumbar Disc Disease: A National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample Analysis, 2002–2011

(2016) Piyush Kalakoti et al.   World Neurosurgery

Randomized controlled trials vs. observational studies: why not just live together?

(2016) David Faraoni et al.   BMC Anesthesiology

Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of degenerative lumbar disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2015) Kevin Phan et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Prospective evaluation of 1-year outcomes in single-level percutaneous lumbar transfacet screw fixation in the lateral decubitus position following lateral transpsoas interbody fusion

(2015) Jay W. Rhee et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis

(2015) Prashanth J. Rao et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Patients with low back pain had distinct clinical course patterns that were typically neither complete recovery nor constant pain. A latent class analysis of longitudinal data

(2015) Alice Kongsted et al.   Spine Journal

Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognosis: rating confidence in estimates of event rates in broad categories of patients

(2015) A. Iorio et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognosis: rating confidence in estimates of event rates in broad categories of patients

(2015) A. Iorio et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Surgical Data and Early Postoperative Outcomes after Minimally Invasive Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Results of a Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Data-Monitored Study

(2015) Paulo Pereira et al.   PLoS One

Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 9: Lumbar fusion for stenosis with spondylolisthesis

(2014) Daniel K. Resnick et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 1: Introduction and methodology

(2014) Michael G. Kaiser et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 8: Lumbar fusion for disc herniation and radiculopathy

(2014) Jeffrey C. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 2: Assessment of functional outcome following lumbar fusion

(2014) Zoher Ghogawala et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 10: Lumbar fusion for stenosis without spondylolisthesis

(2014) Daniel K. Resnick et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Cost-effectiveness of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: experience with the NeuroPoint-SD registry

(2014) Praveen V. Mummaneni et al.   Neurosurgical Focus

Accurately measuring the quality and effectiveness of lumbar surgery in registry efforts: determining the most valid and responsive instruments

(2014) Saniya S. Godil et al.   Spine Journal

Systematic Review: The Evidence That Publishing Patient Care Performance Data Improves Quality of Care

(2013) Constance H. Fung et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

(2013) David Moher   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Assessing Bias in Studies of Prognostic Factors

(2013) Jill A. Hayden et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Trajectories of low back pain

(2013) Iben Axén et al.   BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH IN CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

One-stage combined lumbo-sacral fusion, by anterior then posterior approach: clinical and radiological results

(2013) C. Y. Barrey et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Bilateral decompression using a unilateral pedicle construct for lumbar stenosis

(2013) Lu Mao et al.   INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS

The efficacy of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: results from the NeuroPoint-SD registry

(2013) Zoher Ghogawala et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Lumbar Fusion Versus Nonoperative Management for Treatment of Discogenic Low Back Pain

(2013) Mohamad Bydon et al.   JOURNAL OF SPINAL DISORDERS & TECHNIQUES

Lumbar-sacral fusion by a combined approach using interbody PEEK cage and posterior pedicle-screw fixation: Clinical and radiological results from a prospective study

(2013) L. Boissiere et al.   Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research

Outcomes of anterior lumbar interbody fusion in low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis in adults: A continuous series of 65 cases with an average follow-up of 6.6years

(2013) G. Riouallon et al.   Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research

Comparison of spinal fusion and nonoperative treatment in patients with chronic low back pain: long-term follow-up of three randomized controlled trials

(2013) Anne F. Mannion et al.   Spine Journal

An evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (update)

(2013) D. Scott Kreiner et al.   Spine Journal

An evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy

(2013) D. Scott Kreiner et al.   Spine Journal

The prognosis of acute and persistent low-back pain: a meta-analysis

(2012) L. d. C. Menezes Costa et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and spondylolisthesis

(2012) Antonio Tsahtsarlis et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Learning Curve and Clinical Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

(2012) Jae Chul Lee et al.   SPINE

Changes in Bone Mineral Density in the Intertransverse Fusion Mass After Instrumented Single-Level Lumbar Fusion

(2012) Femke Hagenmaier et al.   SPINE

The presacral retroperitoneal approach for axial lumbar interbody fusion

(2011) W. D. Tobler et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME

Blood Serum Antibody Analysis and Long-Term Follow-up of Patients Treated With Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in the Lumbar Spine

(2011) J. Kenneth Burkus et al.   SPINE

One, Two-, and Three-Level Instrumented Posterolateral Fusion of the Lumbar Spine With a Local Bone Graft

(2011) Kazuhide Inage et al.   SPINE

Comparative Effectiveness Evidence From the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial

(2011) Anna N. A. Tosteson et al.   SPINE

Spinal Fusion in the United States

(2011) Sean S. Rajaee et al.   SPINE

A critical review of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 trials in spinal surgery: emerging safety concerns and lessons learned

(2011) Eugene J. Carragee et al.   Spine Journal

Predictors of outcome after decompressive lumbar surgery and instrumented posterolateral fusion

(2010) Javier Cobo Soriano et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Clinical and Radiographic Analysis of an Optimized rhBMP-2 Formulation as an Autograft Replacement in Posterolateral Lumbar Spine Arthrodesis

(2009) John R Dimar et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Surgical treatment of adult degenerative spondylolisthesis by instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in the Han nationality

(2009) Hao Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

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

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

Complications associated with single-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

(2009) Jeffrey A. Rihn et al.   Spine Journal

Lumbar fusion outcomes stratified by specific diagnostic indication

(2008) Steven D. Glassman et al.   Spine Journal

Fusion and nonsurgical treatment for symptomatic lumbar degenerative disease: a systematic review of Oswestry Disability Index and MOS Short Form-36 outcomes

(2007) Leah Y. Carreon et al.   Spine Journal