Return to Play in Adolescent Athletes With Symptomatic Spondylolysis Without Listhesis: A Meta-Analysis.

Study Design: Meta-analysis.

Objectives: To assess return to play (RTP) rates in adolescent athletes with lumbar spondylolysis without spondylolisthesis treated conservatively or operatively.

Methods: A review of Medline, EMBASE, and Cochrane Reviews was performed.

Return to Play in Elite Athletes After Lumbar Microdiscectomy: A Meta-analysis.

Study Design: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis of English language studies.

Objective: This study is a meta-analysis assessing elite athlete's return-to-play (RTP) rates after a lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) treated with microdiscectomy. Additionally, we compare RTP rates of those treated operatively versus nonoperatively.