Answer to the "Letter to the Editor of S. Barik, et al. concerning "Development of a decision-making pathway for utilizing standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion" by Adl Amini D, et al. (Eur Spine J [2022]; 31:1611–1620)

[摘要] The Letter to the Editor regarding our above-mentionedwork [1] was reviewed. The letter raises valid points aboutfollow-up and sample size regarding studies establishingclinical efcacy or superiority of fusion techniques andfusion implants. However, the primary aim of this study wasto develop a decision-making pathway for primary standalone lateral fusion after lumbar fusion surgery has beenindicated in order to provide a framework for spine surgeonsconsidering such treatment. In other words, we created analgorithm that would systematically refect the observeddecision-making at our institution.

[学科分类] 骨科学