Open AccessWhat Affects Segmental Lordosis of the Surgical Site after Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion?
Author(s) -
Soo-Heon Kim,
Bang Sang Hahn,
Jeong Yoon Park
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal/yonsei medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.2022.63.7.665
Subject(s) - medicine , lordosis , lumbar lordosis , lumbar , cage , spinal fusion , surgery , radiography , mathematics , combinatorics
This study was undertaken to identify factors that affect segmental lordosis (SL) after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) by comparing patients whose postoperative SL increased with those whose decreased.