Answer to the Letter to the Editor of R.D. Iyer concerning "Fusion versus decompression alone for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis: a target trial emulation with index trial benchmarking" by I. Unterfrauner, et al. (Eur Spine J [2024]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-024-08495-0.

Unterfrauner I, Laguna JM, Hincapié CA

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-025-08689-0
Published: 2025 May
Container: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
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@article{allodium:10.1007/s00586-025-08689-0,
  title = {Answer to the Letter to the Editor of R.D. Iyer concerning "Fusion versus decompression alone for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis: a target trial emulation with index trial benchmarking" by I. Unterfrauner, et al. (Eur Spine J [2024]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-024-08495-0.},
  author = {Unterfrauner I and Laguna JM and Hincapié CA},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society},
  doi = {10.1007/s00586-025-08689-0},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-025-08689-0}
}

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I, U., JM, L., & CA, H. (2025). Answer to the Letter to the Editor of R.D. Iyer concerning "Fusion versus decompression alone for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis: a target trial emulation with index trial benchmarking" by I. Unterfrauner, et al. (Eur Spine J [2024]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-024-08495-0.. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-025-08689-0

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