The effectiveness of decompression alone compared with additional fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis: a pragmatic comparative non-inferiority observational study from the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery

Understanding Orthopaedic Registry Studies

(2016) Maria C.S. Inacio et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

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

A Review of the Use of the Number Needed to Treat to Evaluate the Efficacy of Analgesics

(2015) Nathaniel Katz et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN

Outcome of decompression with and without fusion in spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis in relation to preoperative pain pattern: a register study of 1,624 patients

(2015) Freyr G. Sigmundsson et al.   Spine Journal

Development of appropriateness criteria for the surgical treatment of symptomatic lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (LDS)

(2014) A. F. Mannion et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

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

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

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

ISSLS Prize Winner

(2014) Anne F. Mannion et al.   SPINE

National Trends in the Use of Fusion Techniques to Treat Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

(2014) Christopher K. Kepler et al.   SPINE

Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Does Not Affect the Outcome of Unilateral Laminotomy With Bilateral Decompression in Patients With Lumbar Stenosis

(2013) Han Soo Chang et al.   SPINE

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

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

An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies

(2011) Peter C. Austin   MULTIVARIATE BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH

Would loss to follow-up bias the outcome evaluation of patients operated for degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine?

(2010) Tore K Solberg et al.   Acta Orthopaedica

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

Global Perceived Effect scales provided reliable assessments of health transition in people with musculoskeletal disorders, but ratings are strongly influenced by current status

(2010) Steven J. Kamper et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A prospective randomised study on the long-term effect of lumbar fusion on adjacent disc degeneration

(2009) Per Ekman 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

Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

(2009) William A. Abdu et al.   SPINE

An evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis

(2009) William C. Watters et al.   Spine Journal

Union versus nonunion after posterolateral lumbar fusion: a comparison of long-term surgical outcomes in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis

(2008) Takahiro Tsutsumimoto et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Minimum clinically important difference in lumbar spine surgery patients: a choice of methods using the Oswestry Disability Index, Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire Short Form 36, and Pain Scales

(2008) Anne G. Copay et al.   Spine Journal