Cage subsidence in lateral interbody fusion with transpsoas approach: intraoperative endplate injury or late-onset settling

Introduction: Few studies have investigated the influence of cage subsidence patterns (intraoperative endplate injury or late-onset cage settling) on bony fusion and clinical outcomes in lateral interbody fusion (LIF). This retrospective study was performed to compare the fusion rate and clinical ou...

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Main Authors: Kotaro Satake, Tokumi Kanemura, Hiroaki Nakashima, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi, Naoki Segi, Jun Ouchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research 2017-10-01
Series:Spine Surgery and Related Research
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ssrr/1/4/1_1.2017-0004/_pdf/-char/en