ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2023
Expandable versus static cages in unilateral biportal endoscopy lumbar interbody fusion (ULIF) for treating degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS): comparison of clinical and radiological results.
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- Comparison of the short-term efficacy of percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with the application of a expandable versus PEEK cage for the treatment of lumbar degenerative disease.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Article
- Clinical and radiologic outcomes of expandable versus static cages in biportal endoscopic TLIF: focus on endplate injury and subsidence.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Minimally invasive biportal endoscopic spinal surgery for central canal stenosis in low-grade degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: clinical outcomes and implications: a retrospective observational study.Asian spine journal · 2025Article
- A systematic review of biportal endoscopic spinal surgery with interbody fusion.Asian spine journal · 2025Article
- Full-endoscopic posterior lumbar interbody fusion for the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases: a technical note with 2-year follow-up.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Comparative Efficacy of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy vs Traditional Surgery in Lumbar Degenerative Disorders.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Observational
- Biportal Endoscopic TLIF With an Expandable Cage: Technical Note and Preliminary Results in Terms of Segmental Lordosis Achievement and Disc Height Elevation.International journal of spine surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn recent years, early rehabilitation after spinal fusion and the recovery of physiological curvature have attracted much attention. Therefore, expandable cages have entered the field of vision of scientists. The goal of the current study was to compare the clinical and radiological results of unilateral portal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (ULIF) in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) with expandable versus static cages.
methodsWe retrospectively analysed patients who received ULIF treatment for DLS from May 2019 to February 2021. Patients were categorized by cage type (static vs. expandable), and the main study was the preop and postop clinical and radiological index changes of the patients.
resultsEighty-four patients were included (38 in the static cages group; 46 in the expandable cages group). There was no difference in the preop results between the two groups. The VAS scores for low back and leg pain and ODI scores in the expandable cages group 7 d postop were significantly superior to those in the static cages group (P < 0.05), and the segmental angle and PDH in the expandable cages group postop were significantly higher than those in the static cages group (P < 0.05). The fusions at 6 m postop in the expandable cages group were superior to those in the Static Cages group (P < 0.05).
conclusionsThe results of this study showed that compared with the stable cage group, the expandable cage group had unique advantages in restoring the physiological curvature of the lumbar spine, increasing the fusion rate, and relieving pain in the early postoperative period. ULIF can be used to treat single-segment, mild lumbar spondylolisthesis patients using expandable cages instead of static cages.
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