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Aoa Symposium. Orthopaedists Partnering With Other Physicians To Provide Musculoskeletal Care., Alan Hilibrand, Kurt P Spindler, Scott D Boden
Aoa Symposium. Orthopaedists Partnering With Other Physicians To Provide Musculoskeletal Care., Alan Hilibrand, Kurt P Spindler, Scott D Boden
Rothman Institute Faculty Papers
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Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment For Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis., James N Weinstein, Jon D Lurie, Tor D Tosteson, Brett Hanscom, Anna N A Tosteson, Emily A Blood, Nancy J O Birkmeyer, Alan Hilibrand, Harry Herkowitz, Frank P Cammisa, Todd J Albert, Sanford E Emery, Lawrence G Lenke, William A Abdu, Michael Longley, Thomas J Errico, Serena S Hu
Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment For Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis., James N Weinstein, Jon D Lurie, Tor D Tosteson, Brett Hanscom, Anna N A Tosteson, Emily A Blood, Nancy J O Birkmeyer, Alan Hilibrand, Harry Herkowitz, Frank P Cammisa, Todd J Albert, Sanford E Emery, Lawrence G Lenke, William A Abdu, Michael Longley, Thomas J Errico, Serena S Hu
Rothman Institute Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: Management of degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis is controversial. Surgery is widely used, but its effectiveness in comparison with that of nonsurgical treatment has not been demonstrated in controlled trials.
METHODS: Surgical candidates from 13 centers in 11 U.S. states who had at least 12 weeks of symptoms and image-confirmed degenerative spondylolisthesis were offered enrollment in a randomized cohort or an observational cohort. Treatment was standard decompressive laminectomy (with or without fusion) or usual nonsurgical care. The primary outcome measures were the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-36) bodily pain and physical function scores (100-point scales, …