Sagittal alignment in operative degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefit of surgical intervention over conservative treatment for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) patients with neurologic symptoms is well-established. However, it is currently unclear what breadth of available evidence exists on regional and global sagittal alignment in DLS surgery. As such, the purpose of the current study is to conduct a scoping review to map and synthesize the DLS literature regarding the current radiographic assessment of sagittal spinal alignment in DLS surgery.

Methods

A comprehensive search of the MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane databases from January 1971 to January 2023 was performed for all DLS studies examining sagittal spinal alignment parameters with DLS surgery according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic R

SUBMITTER: Thornley P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10570642 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature