Surgery May Relieve Pain of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Tuesday, June 30, 2009

by TheHealthMinister | categories Osteopathy | all articles...

spondylolisthesis [1], pain [1]

“Compared with patients who are treated nonoperatively, patients in whom degenerative spondylolisthesis and associated spinal stenosis are treated surgically maintain substantially greater pain relief and improvement in function for four years,” the study authors write.

“The management of degenerative spondylolisthesis associated with spinal stenosis remains controversial,” write James N. Weinstein, DO, MS, from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and colleagues.

THM - an interesting article which can be read in full though this at Medscape, where there are other links - you will need to sign up but it is free and painless
http://www.medscape.com/

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