ArticleJournal of craniovertebral junction & spine
Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with expandable cages: Radiological and clinical results of banana-shaped and straight implants.
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- Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) with Expandable Banana-Shaped Interbody Spacers-Institutional 5-Year Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A single straight expandable cage via a hybrid posterior-transforaminal approach with rhBMP-2 or allograft provides high fusion rates with low risk of subsidence.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2025Article
- Development and internal validation of a risk score for subsidence of expandable spacers in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery.Brain & spine · 2025Article
- Failure of an expandable lumbar interbody spacer - a critical analysis of secondary collapse, pseudoarthrosis and revision rates after thoracolumbar fusion.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Observational
- Efficacy of Percutaneous Spinal Endoscopic YESS Technique in Adjacent Segmental Disease Without Severe Instability After Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Case Series.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Advancements in Custom 3D-Printed Titanium Interbody Spinal Fusion Cages and Their Relevance in Personalized Spine Care.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Utility of Expandable Interbody Cages in Open Transforaminal Interbody Fusions: A Comparison With Static Cages.Cureus · 2023Article
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- Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with expandable articulating interbody spacers significantly improves radiographic outcomes compared to static interbody spacers.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2021Article
- Full Endoscopic Lumbar Transforaminal Interbody Fusion in DDD Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease: A Latest Technique.International journal of spine surgery · 2021Article
- Oblique insertion of a straight cage during single level TLIF procedure proves to be non-inferior in terms of restoring segmental lordosis.Brain & spine · 2021Article
- Three-level lumbar Ponte osteotomies with less invasive pelvic fixation improve spinal balance, quality of life and decrease disability in adult and elderly women with moderate adult spinal deformity.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2020Article
- Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Early Experience Using a Biplanar Expandable Cage for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.International journal of spine surgery · 2020Article
- Expandable Interbody Fusion Cages: An Editorial on the Surgeon's Perspective on Recent Technological Advances and Their Biomechanical Implications.International journal of spine surgery · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeExpandable 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. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn a retrospective study, patients who underwent TLIF surgery with a banana-shaped or straight TLIF cage in our spine center were analyzed. Primary outcome was change of disc height (DH), segmental lordosis angle (SLA), and lumbar lordotic angle (LLA). Moreover, basic patients parameters and cage subsidence were evaluated.
resultsSixty-one patients were studied (33 banana-shaped and 28 straight cages). DH changed in the banana group from 4.8 mm (standard deviation SD 2.5) to 10.4 (SD 2.4) and in the straight cage group from 6.2 mm (SD 2.5) to 9.6 mm (SD 1.7). The difference was statistically significant (
conclusionsExpandable titanium implants show similar improvements in restoring segmental and global lordosis. Banana-shaped expandable cages offer higher potency restoring the intervertebral DH and show less rates of subsidence compared to straight expandable cages.
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