Table 2 Overview of publications addressing subsidence after ventral spinal fusion and how/whether they affect the outcome (number of patients, follow-up in months, subsidence as a percentage, and the impact on outcome)

Assietti 2002 [[20]]

24

12

10.5

No

Barsa 2007 [[37]]

100

24

45

No

Bartels 2006 [[38]]

69

2

29.2

No

Biederer 1999 [[27]]

37

6

24

No

Cabarja 2012 [[21]]

86

28

17.3

No

Coric 2013 [[22]]

74

72

0

Gercek 2003 [[39]]

8

15

55

No

Hahn 2005 [[23]]

80

3

30

Negative

Hwang 2005 [[40]]

78

11

3.8

No

Lemcke 2007 [[41]]

296

12

20.9

No

Lin 2003 [[42]]

34

26

9

No

Mastronardi 2006 [[35]]

36

12

0

Meier 2004 [[43]]

267

12

18

No

Moreland 2004 [[44]]

37

6

22

No

Pechlivanis 2011 [[24]]

52

16

19

No

Salamè 2002 [[36]]

100

12

0

Schmiederer 2006 [[45]]

54

24

45

No

Zevgarides 2002 [[28]]

36

12

33

No