Use of an Expert Panel for Symptomatic Patients With Grade I Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Among patients with grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, an expert panel review with a supermajority favoring fusion was associated with a greater improvement in health-related quality of life and fewer surgical failures.
Authors
- Erica F. Bisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8583-8544)
- Dom Coric
- Michael Y. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-6385)
- Subu N. Magge
- Adam S. Kanter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4200-632X)
- Todd J. Albert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4287-1512)
- Langston T. Holly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0687-6519)
- Vedantam Rajshekhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2163-972X)
- Michael P. Steinmetz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5992-705X)
- Steven D. Glassman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5488-9357)
- Paul C. McCormick
- Roger Härtl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7179-677X)
- Mohamad Bydon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0543-396X)
- Robert G. Whitmore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3188-4254)
- James S. Harrop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0943-3406)
- Michael George Fehlings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-6364)
- Yoshiharu Kawaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7710-6012)
- Luis M. Tumialán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1180-8438)
- Richard Assaker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1763-2445)
- Zoher Ghogawala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1345-1831)
- Asdrúbal Falavigna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0016-3198)
- Praveen V. Mummaneni
- Abdul Karim Msaddi
- David W. Polly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7572-6584)
- Daniel K. Resnick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7727-7185)
- El-Nasri Ahmed
- Edward C. Benzel
- Fred G. Barker
- Tasneem Zaihra Rizvi
- Zhibang Lin
Institutions
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (US)
- University Health Network (CA)
- NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Norton Healthcare (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (GB)
- Dubai Hospital (AE)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille (FR)
- Universidade de Caxias do Sul (BR)
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- Lahey Medical Center (US)
- Christian Medical College (IN)
- Barrow Brain and Spine (US)
- Southeast Radiation Oncology Group (US)
- University of Toyama (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003838
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00