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Impact of age on comparative outcomes of decompression alone versus fusion for L4 degenerative spondylolisthesis.

Pratyush ShahiSumedha SinghKyle MorseOmri MaayanTejas SubramanianKasra AraghiNishtha SinghOlivia C TumaTomoyuki AsadaMaximilian K KorsunJames DowdellEvan D ShehaHarvinder SandhuTodd J AlbertSheeraz A QureshiSravisht Iyer
Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2024)
Patients < 70 years undergoing decompression alone did not show significant improvement in physical function and had significantly less MCID achievement rate for back pain compared to fusion. Patients ≥ 70 years showed no difference in outcomes between decompression alone and fusion.
Keyphrases
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  • patient reported outcomes
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