Table 1.

Summary of clinical studies with spondylolisthesis as the indication for ALIF 25, 26, 29, 39, 71, 76, 80, 83, 84, 85

Author	Study type	Indication	Surgery	Number of patients	Fusion rates (%)	Clinical success rate (%)	Serious complication rate (%)	Comments
Takahashi et al., 1990	Retrospective study	Degenerative spondylolisthesis	ALIF	39	90	76	3
Satomi et al., 1992	Retrospective study	Degenerative spondylolisthesis	ALIF	27	96	93	4
Muschik et al., 1997	Retrospective study	Isthmic spondylolisthesis	ALIF	29	76	69	7	Isthmic spondylolisthesis in children and adolescents aged under 19 years
Muschik et al., 1997	Retrospective study	Isthmic spondylolisthesis	ALIF + PSF	30	93	83	13	Isthmic spondylolisthesis in children and adolescents aged under 19 years
Kim and Lee, 1999	Retrospective study	Isthmic spondylolisthesis	ALIF	20	90	85	25
Ishihara et al., 2001	Retrospective study	Isthmic spondylolisthesis	ALIF	35	83	—	—	12 dropped out of this study
Johnson et al., 1988	Retrospective study	Isthmic spondylolisthesis	ALIF +(−) PSF	44	96	96	11	Some cases included instrumentation with either posterior or Fibular interbody strut and H‐rods
Christensen et al., 1996	Retrospective study	Isthmic spondylolisthesis	ALIF	57	47	76	7
Lee et al., 2004	Retrospective study	Isthmic spondylolisthesis	ALIF + PSF	73	97	94	16
Shim et al., 2011	Retrospective study	Isthmic spondylolisthesis	ALIF + PSF/PLF	49	84	88	4
Kim et al., 2010	Retrospective study	Isthmic spondylolisthesis	ALIF + PSF	63	100	89	—	Low‐grade adult spondylolisthesis
Suk et al., 2001	Retrospective study	Spondylolisthesis	ALIF + PSF	21	100	—	14
Min et al., 2007	Retrospective study	Spondylolisthesis	ALIF	25	100	92	16

ALIF, anterior lumbar interbody fusion; PLF, posterolateral fusion; PSF, pedicle screw fixation.