TLIF is associated with lower rates of adjacent segment disease and complications compared to ALIF: a matched-cohort analysis

X Tao, AV Matur, S Khalid, L Onyewadume, R Garner… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Objective. To compare the rate of adjacent segment
disease (ASD) in patients undergoing anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) versus …

Single-Level Anterolateral and Posterior Interbody Fusion Techniques are Associated with Equivalent Long-Term Lumbar Reoperations

N Narendran, PK Nilssen, DL Skaggs, SD Kim… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective Cohort Study Objective. This study compares reoperation rates
and complications following single-level ALIF/LLIF and TLIF/PLIF. Summary of Background …

[HTML][HTML] What are the differences in clinical and surgical outcomes between lumbar spine fusion approaches?—a narrative review

JD Tran, D Kubas, J Railey, HL MacEwen… - AME Medical …, 2024 - amj.amegroups.org
Methods: A non-systematic literature search of the PubMed database was conducted. The
inclusion criteria were studies published in English and reporting results and outcomes …