Surgical compared with nonoperative treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. four-year results in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized and observational cohorts.

By J. Weinstein, J. Lurie, Tor D. Tosteson, Wenyan Zhao, E. Blood, A. Tosteson, N. Birkmeyer, H. Herkowitz, M. Longley, L. Lenke and 2 more. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume, 2009

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Subfields: Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery

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• Lumbar interbody fusion: techniques, indications and comparison of interbody fusion options including PLIF, TLIF, MI-TLIF, OLIF/ATP, LLIF and ALIF. (2015, background): “There has been a significant evolution in the treatment of this disease entity, with several landmark papers that have directed our treatment including the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT), which offers the highest quality evidence to date (62).”