Traditionally, the surgical management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis consisted of decompressive laminectomy alone. In 1985, Lombardi and colleagues [7] reported the results of 47 ...

If you’re grappling with lower back or neck pain that can be severe and disabling, or restrict your ability to move and function, your doctor may recommend a laminectomy when more conservative ...

and statistically significant improvement in clinical outcome compared to decompressive lumbar laminectomy alone (one RCT). Arguments for the choice of fusion with instrumentation were an ...

These include: the decompressive laminectomy; spinal fusion; lumbar microdiscectomy; anterior cervical discectomy; vertebroplasty and percutaneous kyphoplasty. The real revolution in the field of ...

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS ... evidence that supports a more rapid and profound decline of LSS symptoms after decompressive surgery than with conservative therapy. In the absence of a valid ...