… reduction and enhance fusion. The rationale for PLIF and TLIF is biomechanically sound.
However, clinical outcomes of different anterior and posterior spinal fusion techniques tend to …

… In this scenario, a single posterior approach using the PLIF … interbody fusion, followed by a
posterior decompression and … to a posterior interbody fusion for improved spinal manipulation …

… The greatest advantage of posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) is that it … fusion by utilizing
the following four biomechanical principles: (1) preservation of the integrity of the posterior …

… in the rates of lumbar fusion procedures within the last decade in the United States [1, 2].
Lumbar spinal fusion is often performed after a posterior decompressive procedure when there …

… back pain relieved by interbody fusion with or without bone … An interbody fusion, either by
anterior or posterior approach, … The interbody fusion by the posterior approach, although a long …

… of fusion at L5-S1 on the two cranial motion segments. Posterior, bilateral-lateral, and interbody
fusions … Although the interbody fusions and the bilateral-lateral fusions were found to be …

… decompression, bilateral posterolateral arthrodesis using iliac-crest grafts, and an interbody
fusion using fibular grafts, all done through a single posterior approach. Both patients were …

… (OLIF) can improve neurological symptoms via “indirect decompression.” However, data are
… transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and/or posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF…

… may lead to degenerative lumbar disorders. We perform posterior lumbar interbody fusion
with pedicle screw fixation to treat degenerative lumbar disorders with segmental instability. In …

… on lumbar fusion and concluded that the ideal arthrodesis operation would be that of an
interbody fusion… Four years later, the first successful posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) was …