Answer to the letter to the editor of Y. Zhu, 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 Oct.

. 2025 Oct;34(10):4791-4792.

doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-09211-2. Epub 2025 Aug 4.

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.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no relevant conflicts of interest.

1. Broekema A et al (2025) 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. Eur Spine J. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-025-08855-4 - DOI - PubMed
1. Kim CW, Doerr TM, Yanni DS et al (2011) Minimally invasive spine surgery training: a survey of spine fellows and spine fellowship directors. Spine (Phila Pa 1976);36(26):E1729–E1733
1. Wang TY, Adogwa O, Fatemi P et al (2015) A systematic review of complications associated with minimally invasive spine surgery. J Neurosurg Spine;23(4):438–449.