Answer to the Letter to the Editor of N. Khaledian, et al. concerning "Percutaneous pedicle screw placement with a mini-open decompression versus open surgery in the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis: one-year results of a randomised controlled trial" by A. Broekema, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]: doi:10.1007/s00586-025-08855-4)

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. a.e.h.broekema@umcg.nl.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, The Hague Medical Center (HMC), The Hague, the Netherlands.

A E H Broekema et al. Eur Spine J. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;34(8):3629-3630.

doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-09094-3. Epub 2025 Jun 26.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. a.e.h.broekema@umcg.nl.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, The Hague Medical Center (HMC), The Hague, the Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: M.P. Arts received financial support from Zimmer Biomet for his work on this study.

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