ArticleJournal of spine surgery (Hong Kong)2023
The effect of expandable versus static lordotic interbody implants in minimally invasive spine surgery: patient reported outcomes, sagittal alignment, and restoration of disc height and foraminal height.
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- Early mechanical outcomes of two expandable interbody cages in minimally invasive TLIF: a comparative single-surgeon study.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2026Article
- Intervertebral disc distraction stiffness predicts endplate subsidence following transforaminal interbody cage expansion: an ex vivo study.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 · 2026Article
- Radiographic assessment of segmental correction and subsidence following posterior lumbar fusion with expandable interbody cages: a 12-month retrospective cohort study.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Expandable Interbody Cages in 1-3 Level Circumferential Lumbar Arthrodesis with 2-Year Follow up: A Retrospective Study.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Intradiscal Osteotomy and Bilateral Expandable Transforaminal Interbody Fusion Cages for Iatrogenic Kyphotic Deformity: A Technical Report.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Expandable Cages for Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Comparing expandable and static interbody cages in lumbar interbody fusion.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2023Article
- Lordotic restoration: A comparison of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion expandable and static cages at the lumbosacral junction.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spineArticle
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Abstract
Background: Pain and disability due to age-related spinal disorders are increasing due to a more active population placing greater demands on their musculoskeletal system. For patients requiring surgery, spinal fusion is typically indicated. Interbody fusion cages improve fusion rates and restore lordosis, disc height, and foraminal height. Static cages are offered in multiple conformations to account for anatomic variability; however, they have issues related to implant subsidence and loss of lordosis. Expandable cages were developed to address these drawbacks. Methods: Patients treated with either static or expandable transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion devices (ProLift Results: One hundred patients were included (Static: 50; Expandable: 50). Demographics between groups were similar, with some differences in comorbidities and spinal disease diagnosis. Radiographically, changes in disc height, foraminal height, and lordosis were significantly improved in the Expandable group up to 2 years (P<0.001). Improvements in patient reported outcomes were more favorable in the Expandable group. Conclusions: In patients who underwent transforaminal lumbar spinal fusion via minimally invasive surgery, the Expandable device group demonstrated significantly improved radiographic and patient reported outcomes compared to a static cage over 2 years.
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