Response to the letter to the Editor: “The necessity and risk factors of subsequent fusion after decompression alone for lumbar spinal stenosis with lumbar spondylolisthesis: 5 years follow-up in two different large populations”

The Spine Journal

Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2021, Page 725

This study was not supported by any kind of funding.

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