Radiographic comparison of lateral lumbar interbody fusion versus traditional fusion approaches: analysis of sagittal contour change

JN Sembrano, SC Yson, RD Horazdovsky… - International Journal of …, 2015 - ijssurgery.com
… that LLIF, similar to traditional interbody fusion techniques (ALIF and TLIF), is able to improve
segmental sagittal lordosis, and is superior to posterior-only fusion in terms of disc height …

Radiographic characteristics on conventional radiographs after posterior lumbar interbody fusion: comparative study between radiotranslucent and radiopaque cages

O Diedrich, L Perlick, O Schmitt, CN Kraft - Clinical Spine Surgery, 2001 - journals.lww.com
… of a fused spinal segment still remains. Our purpose is to evaluate radiographic findings after
posterior lumbar interbody fusion (… and estimate their relative value in judging fusion status. …

Clinical and radiographic comparison of mini–open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in 42 patients with long …

SS Dhall, MY Wang, PV Mummaneni - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2008 - thejns.org
… While this study evaluated patients longitudinally for a time period adequate to observe interbody
fusion, late sequelae following fusion surgery, such as focal loss of segmental lordosis …

Clinical and radiologic comparison of minimally invasive surgery with traditional open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a review of 452 patients from a single …

JP Price, JM Dawson, JD Schwender… - Clinical spine …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
… efforts comparing MIS TLIF to open TLIF. We hypothesize MIS TLIF produces equal fusion
rates and … Anteroposterior/lateral upright radiographs were obtained at each follow-up interval. …

Radiologic assessment of spinal fusion

MD Selby, SR Clark, DJ Hall… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
… to identify bony union on plain radiographs, the reliability of this … In addition, traditional
orthogonal radiographs may not … radiographic assessment for cervical and thoracic fusion. In …

A prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing radiographic and clinical outcomes between stand-alone lateral interbody lumbar fusion with either silicate …

L Pimenta, L Marchi, L Oliveira… - … Surgery Part A …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
… Object Iliac crest autograft has traditionally been considered the gold standard for lumbar spine
fusion, … (SiCaP) as bone graft substitutes on fusion rates and clinical outcomes in patients …

The effect of a radiographic solid fusion on clinical outcomes after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Y Park, JW Ha, YT Lee, NY Sung - The Spine Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
… of radiographic solid fusion through minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
… not statistically confirmed by comparison with traditional open lumbar fusion in the present …

Radiographic assessment of cervical subaxial fusion

MG Kaiser, PV Mummaneni, PG Matz… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2009 - thejns.org
… The presence of bridging trabeculae bone and lack of spinous process motion on dynamic
radiographs formed the basis for the interpretation of fusion. Intraclass correlation coefficient …

Comparison of structural allograft and traditional autograft technique in occipitocervical fusion: radiological and clinical outcomes from a single institution

J Godzik, VM Ravindra, WZ Ray, MH Schmidt… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2015 - thejns.org
… In the present study, we investigated fusion rates, complications, radiographic evidence of
correction, and subjective outcomes in 39 patients who underwent OCF using either autograft …

Comparison of radiographic results after minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgery for adult spinal deformity: a multicenter study of 184 patients

RM Haque, GM Mundis, Y Ahmed, TY El Ahmadieh… - Neurosurgical …, 2014 - thejns.org
… The average number of levels fused was 4.8 and the average follow-up was 22 months.The …
interbody fusion performed on 107 patients.In this study, an average of 4.4 levels was fused. …