Study Design: The present study design was that of a single center, retrospective cohort
study to evaluate the influence of surgeon-specific factors on patient functional outcomes at …

Introduction Lumbar interbody fusions have been widely used to treat degenerative lumbar
disease that fails to respond to conservative treatment. This procedure is divided according …

Study Design. Retrospective case series. Objective. To evaluate the proportional trend over
time of neurological deficits after lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) at a single institution …

BACKGROUND: The safety and efficacy of spinal fusion in the elderly population remains
uncertain with conflicting data. OBJECTIVE: To determine if elderly patients undergoing …

Object Revision lumbar fusion procedures are technically challenging and can be
associated with tremendous health care resource utilization and cost. There is a paucity of …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Although lumbar interbody fusion has long been a common
procedure in the practice of spine surgery, focus on the technological development has …

Background Reoperation is usually associated with poor results and increased morbidity
and hospital costs. However, the rates, causes, and risk factors for reoperation in patients …

Purpose. To assess the clinical and radiographic outcomes and complications of anterior
lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) versus transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) …

This review will outline the history of spinal fusion. It will compare the different approaches
currently in use for interbody fusion. A comparison of the techniques, including minimally …

OBJECTIVE Treatment of degenerative lumbar diseases has been shown to be clinically
effective with open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (O-TLIF) or minimally invasive …