Open AccessTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with expandable cages: Radiological and clinical results of banana-shaped and straight implants
Author(s) -
Tjark Tassemeier,
Marcel Haversath,
Markus Jäger
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_56_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cage , radiological weapon , lumbar , lordosis , surgery , sagittal plane , spinal fusion , orthodontics , radiography , anatomy , mathematics , combinatorics
Expandable titanium transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) devices are a relatively new group of implants allowing restoration of lumbar lordosis (LL) and thus improvement of sagittal alignment. The purpose of our study is to compare clinical and radiological results of two different expandable TLIF devices.