The necessity or not of the addition of fusion to decompression for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis patients: A PRISMA compliant meta-analysis

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 100; no. 14; p. e24775
• Main Authors: Wu, Jun, Zhang, Jingwei, Xu, Ting, Pan, Yongli, Cui, Baolong, Wei, Wei, Gao, Yunlong, Yu, Haiguang, Huang, Qingliang, Long, Xin-quan, Zhou, Yu-fan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 09.04.2021
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Decompression, Surgical - adverse effects; Humans; Low Back Pain - surgery; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Middle Aged; Patient Satisfaction; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Spinal Fusion - adverse effects; Spondylolisthesis - surgery; Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis; Visual Analog Scale

The new emerging application of decompression combined with fusion comes with a concern of cost performance, however, it is a lack of big data support. We aimed to evaluate the necessity or not of the addition of fusion for decompression in patients with lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. Potent...