Effect of Surgical Approach on Patient-reported Outcomes of Lumbar Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Although there are several factors to consider, these results show that PLDF may be the optimal approach for degenerative spondylolisthesis patients with milder degrees of vertebral slippage. Patients with advanced disc collapse, endplate apposition, and kyphosis may benefit more from TLIF.
Authors
- Teeto Ezeonu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3000-6556)
- Christopher K. Kepler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0996-4346)
- Ian David Kaye
- Rajkishen Narayanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-3857)
- Rachel Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7683-8702)
- Alec M Giakas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0082-1648)
- Alex Christianson
- Barrett I. Woods (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4136-3612)
- Jonathan Dalton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7452-2712)
- Gregory D Schroeder
- Catherine Alvaro
- Jose Pena
- Nathan Thomas
- Mark F. Kurd
- Alan S. Hilibrand
- Alexander R. Vaccaro
- Jose A Canseco
Institutions
- Rothman Orthopaedics (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000001822
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00