European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Reliability of functional imaging in assessing instability of lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis.
Tomonori Morita, Arihiko Tsukamoto, Ryunosuke Fukushi, Shutaro Fujimoto, Makoto Emori, Hiroyuki Takashima, Tomohiro Izawa, Toshihiko Yamashita, Atsushi Teramoto
Published: 202510.1007/s00586-025-09539-9
Abstract
PURPOSE: Surgical management of lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis-whether decompression alone or combined with fusion-often relies on instability assessment with standing flexion-extension radiographs. However, these evaluations are influenced by…
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