Abstract:[Objective] To compare the clinical efficacy of endoscopic decompression alone versus traditional open decompression andinstrumented fusion (posterior lumbar interbody fusion, PLIF) in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis.[Methods] A retrospective study was done on 63 patients who received surgical treatment for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis with spi-nal stenosis in our hospital from January 2021 to September 2022. According to the doctor-patient communication, 26 patients underwent en-doscopic decompression only (the decompression group), while other 37 patients underwent open PLIF (the fusion group). The perioperativedata, follow-up and imaging results were compared between the two groups. [Results] The decompression group was significantly superior tothe fusion group in terms of operative time [(94.6±24.2) min vs (161.1±26.1) min, P<0.001], intraoperative blood loss [(19.8±7.5) ml vs(155.4±57.5) ml, P<0.001], total length of incision [(2.0±0.2) cm vs (7.2±1.2) cm, P<0.001], intraoperative fluoroscopy times [(2.7±0.7) timesvs (4.5±1.3) times, P<0.001], drainage volum [(12.2±9.5) ml vs (275.9±171.8) ml, P<0.001], postoperative ambulation [(3.1±1.0) days vs(15.3±4.4) days, P<0.001] and hospital stay [(6.9±3.0) days vs (13.2±6.2) days, P<0.001]. The mean follow-up time was of (14.8±2.7)months, and there was no statistical significance in the time to resume full weight-bearing activities between the two groups (P>0.05). Astime went on, the VAS score and ODI index of the two groups were significantly decreased (P<0.05), whereas which were not statistically sig-nificant between the two groups at any corresponding time points (P>0.05). At 12 months after surgery, there was no significant difference inmodified MacNab grades between the two groups (P>0.05). As for imaging, there were no significant changes in lumbar lordotic angle in bothgroups after surgery compared with that preoperatively (P>0.05), which was not statistically significant between the two groups at correspond-ing time points (P>0.05). [Conclusion] Endoscopic decompression alone achieve satisfactory clinical outcomes similar to those of conven-tional open decompression and instrumented fusion in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis, however,