Research Article, J Spine Neurosurg S Vol: 3 Issue: 0
Instrumentation of Low Grade Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis, is Total Laminectomy Inevitable?
Hamid Borghei-Razavi1*, Hamidreza Haghighatkhah2, Yashar Moharamzad3, Seyed Taha Yahyavi3, Mahmoud Reza Khalatbari3, Mohamad Borghei-Razavi3 and Ali Kabir4 |
1Department of Neurosurgery, Clemens Hospital, Münster, Germany |
2Department of Radiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science (SUMS), Tehran, Iran |
3Department of Neurosurgery, Iran University of Medical Science (IUMS), Tehran, Iran |
4Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, and Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences; Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
Corresponding author : Hamid Borghei-Razavi Department of Neurosurgery, Clemens Hospital, Academic Hospital of Münster University, Düesbergweg 124, 48153 Münster, Germany E-mail: shbr61@yahoo.com, h.borghei-razavi@clemenshospital.de |
Received: July 26, 2014 Accepted: September 19, 2014 Published: September 23, 2014 |
Citation: Borghei-Razavi H, Haghighatkhah H, Moharamzad Y, Yahyavi ST, Khalatbari MR, et al. (2014) Instrumentation of Low Grade Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis, is Total Laminectomy Inevitable?. J Spine Neurosurg S2. doi:10.4172/2325-9701.S2-005 |
Abstract
Instrumentation of Low Grade Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis, is Total Laminectomy Inevitable?
To evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis myerding grade I and II who underwent Posterior lumbar Intervertebral Fusion (PLIF) without total laminectomy.