The lumbosacral joint, also called L5-S1, is a term used to describe a part of the spine. L5-S1 is the exact spot where the lumbar spine ends and the sacral spine begins. The lumbosacral joint ...

In patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, it is uncertain whether decompression surgery alone is noninferior to decompression with instrumented fusion. We conducted ...

Compared with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, the Total Posterior Spine System by Premia Spine is a more cost-effective option for treatment of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis and ...

Management of degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis is controversial. Surgery is widely used, but its effectiveness in comparison with that of nonsurgical treatment has not been ...

Traditionally, the surgical management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis consisted of decompressive laminectomy alone. In 1985, Lombardi and colleagues [7] reported the results of 47 patients ...

Degenerative spondylolisthesis is a condition in which the spinal cord has shifted out of its natural position and is pressing on one or more nerve roots. The severity varies depending on where the ...

There is no consensus in spine surgery as to the need to fuse the lumbar spine following a laminectomy for spinal decompression. Various studies have proposed risk factors for delayed instability, ...

Degenerative spondylolisthesis is a condition in the spine where one vertebral body slips or slides forward over another. The condition generally occurs in patients older than 50 years of age, and ...

Report of three unusual cases of coexisting spondylolisthesis and tuberculosis in the same patient. This communication reports the outcome of three cases where there was spondylolisthesis and spinal ...

Sept. 7, 2004 — Osteogenic protein 1 (OP-1) putty was found to perform similarly to autograft iliac bone with respect to safety, clinical outcomes, and radiographic success rate in patients undergoing ...

Charlottesville, VA (July 20, 2012). Surgeons from the Instituto de Patologia da Coluna in Sao Paulo, Brazil have found that an innovative minimally invasive surgical procedure performed to achieve ...