National Trends in Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis With Stenosis Treated With Fusion Versus Decompression
Decompression with fusion has become the most common treatment for lumbar DS over the past decade despite a lack of compelling evidence supporting its use compared to decompression alone. A variety of patient and surgeon-specific factors is associated with procedure choice. After accounting for cofounders, we identified treatment-specific complications that may be valuable when counseling patients.
Authors
- Ram K. Alluri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5919-707X)
- Raymond J. Hah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7513-3519)
- Andy Ton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8891-0353)
- Kareem J. Kebaish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8015-301X)
- Jeffrey C. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6297-7410)
- Jacob R. Ball (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3535-2631)
- William J. Karakash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0777-2539)
- Matthew C. Gallo
- Fergui Hernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0973-7322)
- Marc A. Abdou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-4001)
- Nicole Hang
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurospine
- Published
- 2024-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14245/ns.2448624.312
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40