Open AccessTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusion versus instrumented posterolateral fusion in Grade I/II spondylolisthesis
Author(s) -
Shanmugasundaram Pooswamy,
Niranjanan Raghavn Muralidharagopalan,
Sivasubramaniam Subbaiah
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.4103/0019-5413.201703
Subject(s) - medicine , facetectomy , oswestry disability index , spondylolisthesis , surgery , decompression , lumbar , back pain , spondylolysis , lumbar vertebrae , low back pain , laminectomy , spinal cord , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Spondylolisthesis refers to slippage of one vertebra over the other, which may be caused by a variety of reasons such as degenerative, trauma, and isthmic. Surgical management forms the mainstay of treatment to prevent further slip and worsening. However, there is no consensus regarding the best surgical option to treat these patients. This study compares TLIF and instrumented PLF in patients with Grade I and II spondylolisthesis and analysis the outcome with respect to functional outcome, pain, fusion rate, adequacy of medial facetectomy for decompression, and complications.