Does reduction of the Meyerding grade correlate with outcomes in patients undergoing decompression and fusion for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis?

CONCLUSIONS: Significant improvement was found in terms of all PROs in patients undergoing decompression and fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis. There was no correlation with clinical outcomes and magnitude of Meyerding slippage reduction.PMID:34534963 | DOI:10.3171/2021.3.SPINE202059

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - September 17, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Andrew K Chan Praveen V Mummaneni John F Burke Rory R Mayer Erica F Bisson Joshua Rivera Brenton Pennicooke Kai-Ming Fu Paul Park Mohamad Bydon Steven D Glassman Kevin T Foley Christopher I Shaffrey Eric A Potts Mark E Shaffrey Domagoj Coric John J Knight Source Type: research