Purpose Interbody fusion by open discectomy is the usual treatment for degenerative lumbar
disease but requires a relatively long recovery period. Prevalent several interbody fusion …

Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) has been routinely performed for the treatment of
lumbar segmental lesions. However, traditional PLIF procedures can result in a variety of …

Objective. Endoscopic surgeries have been attempted in the field of lumbar decompression
and fusion surgery in the past decade. Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion …

Background Endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion has become an emerging technique.
Some researchers have reported the technique of percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal …

OBJECTIVE Direct neural decompression cannot be achieved by performing lateral lumbar
interbody fusion (LLIF). To overcome the indirect decompressive effect of LLIF, additional …

Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of minimally invasive
transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and bilateral decompression via a unilateral …

OBJECTIVE Minimally invasive spine surgery can minimize damage to normal anatomical
structures. Recently, fully endoscopic spine surgeries have been attempted for lumbar fusion …

The cause of radiculopathy is the compression of the nerve root which can be secondary to
sliding of the vertebra and reduced disc height. In some patients, decompression alone does …

Background Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) is biomechanically sound as it ablates
the degenerated disc, restores the intervertebral height, relieves foraminal stenosis, and …

Endoscopic techniques in spine surgery are rapidly evolving, with operations becoming
progressively safer and less invasive. Lumbar interbody fusion (LIF) procedures comprise …