Tejas Subramanian, Robert K Merrill, Pratyush Shahi, Shane Pathania, Kasra Araghi, Omri Maayan, Eric Zhao, Daniel Shinn, Ashley Kim, Robert Kamil, Junho Song, Sidhant S Dalal, Avani S Vaishnav, Yahya Othman, Michael E Steinhaus, Evan D Sheha, James E Dowdell, Sravisht Iyer, Sheeraz A Qureshi
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review of prospectively collected multi-surgeon data. OBJECTIVE: Examine the rate, clinical impact, predictors of subsidence after expandable MI-TLIF cage. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Expandable cage technology has been adopted in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) to reduce the risks and optimize outcomes. Although subsidence is of particular concern when using expandable technology as force required to expand the cage can weaken the endplates, its rates, predictors, and outcomes lack evidence...
March 13, 2023: Spine