Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
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Clin Neurol Neurosurg · Nov 2016
Comparative StudyTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusion versus instrumented posterolateral fusion In degenerative spondylolisthesis: An attempt to evaluate the superiority of one method over the other.
Various surgical procedures have been recommended for the treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis,but Controversy still exists regarding the optimal surgical technique . In this study,we compared the clinical and radiologic outcome of the Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion(TLIF) method with the Instrumented Posterolateral fusion(PLF) in these patients. ⋯ Our study showed that TLIF is superior to PLF with respect to functional outcome and fusion rate.