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## Purpose of review: Current guidelines for the optimal treatment degenerative spondylolisthesis are weak and based on limited high-quality evidence. ## Recent findings: There is some moderate evidence that decompression alone may be a feasible treatment with lower surgical morbidity and similar outcomes to fusion when performed in a select population with a low-grade slip. similarly, addition of interbody fusion may be best suited to a subset of patients with high-grade degenerative spondylolisthesis, although this remains controversial. minimally invasive techniques are increasingly being utilized for both decompression and fusion surgeries with more and more studies showing similar outcomes and lower postoperative morbidity for patients. this will likely be an area of continued intense research. finally, the role of spondylolisthesis reduction will likely be determined as further investigation into optimal sagittal balance and spinopelvic parameters is conducted. future identification of ideal thresholds for sagittal vertical axis and slip angle that will prevent progression and reoperation will play an important role in surgical treatment planning. current evidence supports su

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Author

Andre M. Samuel; Harold G. Moore; Matthew E. Cunningham

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2017

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)