Skip to main content
Top

03-02-2025 | Spondylolisthesis | Correspondence

Letter to the editor concerning “Fusion versus decompression alone for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis: a target trial emulation with index trial benchmarking” by I. Unterfrauner, et al. (Eur Spine J [2024]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-024-08495-0)

Author: R. Dinesh Iyer

Published in: European Spine Journal

Login to get access

Excerpt

Dear editor, …
Literature
1.
go back to reference Unterfrauner, I., Muñoz Laguna, J., Serra-Burriel, M. et al.(2024) Fusion versus decompression alone for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis: a target trial emulation with index trial benchmarking. Eur Spine J 33, 4281–4291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-024-08495-0 Unterfrauner, I., Muñoz Laguna, J., Serra-Burriel, M. et al.(2024) Fusion versus decompression alone for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis: a target trial emulation with index trial benchmarking. Eur Spine J 33, 4281–4291. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1007/​s00586-024-08495-0
3.
go back to reference Austevoll IM, Hermansen E, Fagerland MW, Storheim K, Brox JI, Solberg T, Rekeland F, Franssen E, Weber C, Brisby H, Grundnes O, Algaard KRH, Böker T, Banitalebi H, Indrekvam K, Hellum C; NORDSTEN-DS Investigators. Decompression with or without Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 5;385(6):526–538. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2100990. PMID: 34347953. Austevoll IM, Hermansen E, Fagerland MW, Storheim K, Brox JI, Solberg T, Rekeland F, Franssen E, Weber C, Brisby H, Grundnes O, Algaard KRH, Böker T, Banitalebi H, Indrekvam K, Hellum C; NORDSTEN-DS Investigators. Decompression with or without Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 5;385(6):526–538. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1056/​NEJMoa2100990. PMID: 34347953.
4.
go back to reference Inose H, Kato T, Yuasa M, et al. (2018) Comparison of Decompression, Decompression Plus Fusion, and Decompression Plus Stabilization for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Prospective, Randomized Study. Clin Spine Surg. Aug;31(7):E347-E352. https://doi.org/10.1097/BSD.0000000000000659. PMID: 29877872; PMCID: PMC6072383. Inose H, Kato T, Yuasa M, et al. (2018) Comparison of Decompression, Decompression Plus Fusion, and Decompression Plus Stabilization for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Prospective, Randomized Study. Clin Spine Surg. Aug;31(7):E347-E352. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1097/​BSD.​0000000000000659​. PMID: 29877872; PMCID: PMC6072383.
5.
go back to reference Abdel-Fattah AR, Bell F, Boden L, et al. (2023) To fuse or not to fuse: The elderly patient with lumbar stenosis and low-grade spondylolisthesis. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Surgeon. Feb;21(1):e23-e31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2022.02.008. Epub 2022 Mar 16. PMID: 35305933. Abdel-Fattah AR, Bell F, Boden L, et al. (2023) To fuse or not to fuse: The elderly patient with lumbar stenosis and low-grade spondylolisthesis. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Surgeon. Feb;21(1):e23-e31. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1016/​j.​surge.​2022.​02.​008. Epub 2022 Mar 16. PMID: 35305933.
Metadata
Title
Letter to the editor concerning “Fusion versus decompression alone for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis: a target trial emulation with index trial benchmarking” by I. Unterfrauner, et al. (Eur Spine J [2024]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-024-08495-0)
Author
R. Dinesh Iyer
Publication date
03-02-2025
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Spine Journal
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-025-08677-4