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To compare fusion success and functional outcomes between posterolateral fusion alone versus posterolateral fusion augmented with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis decompression.

April 1, 2020Journal of International Medical ResearchOpen Access

Augmenting posterolateral fusion with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion cage improves clinical outcome, but not fusion rate, of posterior decompression

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TATeoman AtıcıBursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇CECenk ErmutluBursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇AÖAli ÖzyalçınIzmir University

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Retrospective cohort study finds that adding transforaminal interbody fusion improves outcomes without altering fusion rates in lumbar spinal stenosis, indicating benefits for multilevel repair.

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To compare fusion success and functional outcomes between posterolateral fusion alone versus posterolateral fusion augmented with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis decompression.
Retrospective cohort study of 157 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis treated between 2010 and 2018.
Compared posterior decompression using instrumented posterolateral fusion alone (Group A) versus instrumented posterolateral fusion combined with a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion cage (Group B).
Evaluated bone fusion rates alongside clinical outcomes via the Oswestry Disability Index, Visual Analog Scale, and 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey.
Overall fusion rates did not differ between the posterolateral fusion alone group and the cage-augmented group for either single-level or multilevel interventions.
Patients undergoing two- and three-level spinal fusions achieved significantly greater improvements in clinical outcome scores when augmented with an interbody cage compared to posterolateral fusion alone.

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Atıcı et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9ecea9f599e448d211f1a3 https://doi.org/10.1177/0300060520910025

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Retrospective cohort study finds that adding transforaminal interbody fusion improves outcomes without altering fusion rates in lumbar spinal stenosis, indicating benefits for multilevel repair.

Augmenting posterolateral fusion with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion cage improves clinical outcome, but not fusion rate, of posterior decompression

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Augmenting posterolateral fusion with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion cage improves clinical outcome, but not fusion rate, of posterior decompression

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