Early pain relief and segmental realignment after two-stage lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) with posterior instrumentation in degenerative lumbar pathology.

Neurosurg Rev · 2026 · PMC13236739 · PMID 42240749

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The LLIF-first subgroup demonstrated a more pronounced immediate pain reduction (ΔNRS − 2.46) compared to the posterior-first group (ΔNRS − 1.75), although this difference did not reach statistical significance.

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