Maintenance of Segmental Lordosis and Disk Height in Stand-alone and Instrumented Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF)

M. Malham, Gregory; J. Ellis, Ngaire; M. Parker, Rhiannon; M. Blecher, Carl; White, Rohan; Goss, Ben; Seex, Kevin

doi:10.1097/bsd.0b013e3182aa4c94

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Maintenance of Segmental Lordosis and Disk Height in Stand-alone and Instrumented Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF)

Published in Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication • Mar 25, 2014

Authors:

Gregory M. Malham

Ngaire J. Ellis

Rhiannon M. Parker

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: A prospective single-surgeon nonrandomized clinical study. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the radiographic and clinical outcomes, by fixation type, in extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) patients and provide an algorithm for determining patients suitable for stand-alone XLIF. SUMMARY OF BA...

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Medicine

Oswestry Disability Index

Lordosis

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