Background: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) has been well established as an
effective surgical intervention for chronic back pain due to osteoporotic vertebral collapse …

Purpose. To compare 2 methods of fusion in the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis:
posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) and intertransverse fusion (ITF). Methods. 20 …

Between March 2000 and February 2006, we carried out a prospective study of 100 patients
with a low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis (Meyerding grade II or below), who were …

INTRODUCTION: Surgical treatment of isthmic spondylolisthesis continues to be
controversial. The fusion procedure can either be instrumented using a posterior and/or …

The aims of the current study were to evaluate the long-term clinical and radiologic results of
anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) for isthmic spondylolisthesis. Between 1981 and …

Methods From April 2000 to January 2002, 75 patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis
(Meyerding grade I had 24 cases, grade II had 35, grade III had 16) were treated with a …

METHOD: We Evaluated 50 consecutive patients in whom surgery was performed between
June 2000 to June 2003 in the Main Alexandria University Hospital at EGYPT. Twenty five …

One-and two-level degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine can be treated successfully
by standalone anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF). The anterior approach retains all …

We sought to evaluate the clinical and radiologic efficacy of stand-alone anterior lumbar
interbody fusion (ALIF) for low grade degenerative spondylolisthesis, the favoured surgical …

Purpose: To compare two different techniques of inter-body fusion in treatment for single
level degenerative spondylolisthesis with symptomatic spinal stenosis. Methods …