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Hindi Research Article, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 3 Issue: 6
Early Adjacent Segment Add-On Surgery and End of Construct Revision Surgery after Multilevel Lumbar Lateral Interbody Fusion
| Farshad M*, Farshad-Amacker NA, Aichmair A, Girardi FP, Sama AA, Cammisa FP and Hughes AP | |
| Hospital for Special Surgery, Spine Surgery, New York, USA | |
| Corresponding author : Mazda Farshad Hospital for Special Surgery, Spine Surgery, New York, USA Tel: +1-212-606-1111 E-mail: mazda@farshad.ch |
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| Received: June 04, 2014 Accepted: July 09, 2014 Published: July 14, 2014 | |
| Citation: Farshad M, Farshad-Amacker NA, Aichmair A, Girardi FP, Sama AA, et al. (2014) Early Adjacent Segment Add-On Surgery and End of Construct Revision Surgery after Multilevel Lumbar Lateral Interbody Fusion. J Spine Neurosurg 3:6 doi:10.4172/2325-9701.1000161 |
Abstract
Early Adjacent Segment Add-On Surgery and End of Construct Revision Surgery after Multilevel Lumbar Lateral Interbody Fusion
Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) has become a common procedure to treat degeneration of lumbar segments with a reliable fusion rate. However, a solid fusion and therefore a stiff construct can create enhanced stresses at the adjacent segments, particularly in multi-level LLIF. The aim of this study was to find the rates for add-on surgery for adjacent segment degeneration after multi-level LLIF ending at L5 and to compare to the rate of revision surgery for pseudoarthrosis at the L5/S1 level in those fused bellow L5.
