The Diagnosis and Management of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. MedGenMed 1(1), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine eJournal 2(1), 1998].

Degenerative spondylolisthesis: This is the most common type. As people age, the disks that cushion vertebrae can become worn, dry out, and get thinner. This makes it easier for the vertebra to ...

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 demon ...

I would like to commend the authors on a very thorough and interesting review of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, its diagnosis, and management. The authors provide an excellent, succinct ...

In patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, it is uncertain whether decompression surgery alone is noninferior to decompression with instrumented fusion.We conducted ...

In a paper published in JOR Spine, researchers looked at patients with and without lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis to ...

Back pain may become worse if a person ... There are two main types of spondylolisthesis: degenerative spondylolisthesis and spondylolytic spondylolisthesis. Degenerative spondylolisthesis occurs ...

Degenerative spondylolisthesis ... pars defects or fractures -- abnormalities in the part of the bone in the back of the spine that keeps the joints in place -- may have their bones slip at ...

Aboushaala K, Chee AV, Adnan D, et al. Gut microbiome dysbiosis is associated with lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis in symptomatic patients. JOR Spine . (2024).

More information: Khaled Aboushaala et al, Gut microbiome dysbiosis is associated with lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis in symptomatic patients, JOR Spine (2024). DOI: 10.1002/jsp2.70005.