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Is surgery more effective than nonsurgical treatment for the management of patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis?

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boxed-textWeinstein JN et al. (2007) Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. N Engl J Med 356: 2257–2270

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  1. JNA Gibson is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon and C-Y Ng is a Spinal Registrar, both at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. JNA Gibson is also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.,

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Gibson, J., Ng, CY. Is surgery more effective than nonsurgical treatment for the management of patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 4, 68–69 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncprheum0705

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