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Although overall lumbar surgical rates in the USA reduced from 2002 to 2007, fusion rates increased from 1.3 to 10.9 per 100 000 patients.6 In 1992, lumbar fusion accounted for 14% spending on back ...
Ten (10) specimens had the cone at level L3, 5 at level L4, 4 at level S1, 3 at level L5, and 1 each at levels L2 and S2. The Fisher’s test resulted in no statistical differences (p = 0.2445) for the ...
Current and Future Approaches to Lumbar Disc Surgery (A Literature Review). MedGenMed 1(1), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine eJournal 1(6), 1997]. Available at ...
Dodgers star reliever Evan Phillips is headed for a major surgery. Find out more about the L.A. bullpen at MLB Trade Rumors.
Learn more by visiting the page, LLIF/XLIF Surgery: Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) is a variation of lateral access ...
What is a PLIF surgery? Posterior lumbar interbody fusion ... (L1-S1), while an ALIF is best for patients with disease only at the lowest lumbar segments of the spine (L4-5 and L5-S1). PLIFs are also ...