Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression and sagittal and coronal alignment while preserving posterior structures resulted in modern lateral lumbar interbody fusion.

Results showed treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis in agreement with surgeon recommendations to perform decompression with fusion may not be associated with improved outcomes compared with standard treatment of decompression alone.

Results showed rates of decompression with fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis had a more than fourfold increase during the last decade vs. decompression alone, despite lower complication and revision risks with decompression alone.

According to published results, decompression with lumbar facet arthroplasty was associated with superior clinical outcomes vs. decompression with fusion for patients with spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis.

Results showed use of decompression with fusion for patients with lumbar stenosis has increased while use of decompression alone has decreased despite previous clinical trials that demonstrated the noninferiority of decompression alone.

Premia Spine announced it has received FDA premarket approval of its Total Posterior Spine facet joint replacement system, according to a company press release.

A recently published study found when more instruments were used in single-level fusions, costs to hospitals and insurance companies increased. However, hospital margins did not increase.