Decompression plus fusion versus decompression alone for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- 24 June 2017
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Spine Journal
- Vol. 26 (12) , 3084-3095
Abstract
To compare the clinical effectiveness of decompression plus fusion and decompression alone for patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, a systematic review and meta-analysis of all available evidence was performed.Keywords
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