Spinal Surgery
A 52-year-old woman presents with mechanical low back pain and bilateral L4 radiculopathy secondary to Grade 1 degenerative L4/5 spondylolisthesis. Conservative management for 12 months has failed. MRI demonstrates disc degeneration, facet arthropathy, and neural foraminal stenosis. The spine surgeon discusses interbody fusion options. Regarding lumbar fusion techniques:
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TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion) is the most commonly performed interbody fusion techni...
ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion) provides direct access to the disc space, allows the largest...
Lateral interbody fusion (LLIF/XLIF) is ideal for L5-S1 due to excellent access below the iliac cres...
The lumbar plexus lies within the psoas muscle and is at significant risk during lateral approaches ...
PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion) requires bilateral laminectomy and facetectomy with retract...
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