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Systematic Review
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Usefulness of Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Combined with Indirect Decompression for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Systematic Review

Medicina 2022, 58(4), 492; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58040492
by Takuya Nikaido * and Shin-ichi Konno
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2:
Medicina 2022, 58(4), 492; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58040492
Submission received: 20 February 2022 / Accepted: 24 March 2022 / Published: 29 March 2022

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The aim of the study was to analyze existing literature and investigate the outcomes or complications of lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) combined with indirect decompression for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DS). Systematic review. 

The research is innovative and it was carried out methodologically correctly.

The work is written following the steps of the scientific method.

The article is generally valuable and correctly written. 

Reviewer 2 Report

Very good paper and presented adequately and clearly.

Never the less this is a straight forward literature review with clear selection criteria and the results of individual papers are tablized and presented in a clear manner. 

paper as adequately reviews as it is summarization of many other adequately reviewed papers.

Any critique on the paper is practically criticizing the original paper - this kind of “meta analyzing” it very useful in science 

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