The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Nov 2013
Complications, reoperation rates, and health-care cost following surgical treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis.
Surgery remains the mainstay for management of lumbar spondylolisthesis and is considered an effective therapeutic modality following unsuccessful nonoperative treatment. Surgical procedures include decompression, decompression with instrumented arthrodesis, and decompression with noninstrumented arthrodesis. The purpose of this study was to examine the complications, reoperation rates, and health-care costs associated with each of these procedures. ⋯ Therapeutic level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.