Open AccessOutcome of posterior lumbar interbody fusion for L4-L5 degenerative spondylolisthesis
Author(s) -
Hiroyuki Hayashi,
Hideki Murakami,
Satoru Demura,
Satoshi Kato,
Norio Kawahara,
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.156188
Subject(s) - medicine , spondylolisthesis , surgery , lordosis , orthopedic surgery , lumbar , spinal fusion , degenerative disease , radiography , central nervous system disease
Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) has become the standard in the treatment for degenerative spondylolisthesis since improvement of spinal instrumentation However, few published studies have reported long term outcomes of PLIF using a same surgical procedure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a long term outcome of PLIF using a same surgical procedure for L4-L5 degenerative spondylolisthesis.