ALIF and TLIF Likely Have Similar Reoperation Rates: A Response to "TLIF is Associated With Lower Rates of Adjacent Segment Disease and Complications Compared With ALIF"

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Mar 15;49(6):E79. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004883. Epub 2023 Nov 28.

Authors

Nakul Narendran¹, Paal K Nilssen¹, Alexander Tuchman², David L Skaggs¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

PMID: 38014761
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004883

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae* / surgery
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Reoperation / adverse effects
Retrospective Studies
Spinal Fusion* / adverse effects
Treatment Outcome