Choice of Approach Does Not Affect Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes: A Comparative Cohort of Patients Having Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Patients Having Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion at 24 Months.

Global Spine J · 2016 · PMC4947396 · PMID 27433432

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In our series, there was a nonsignificant trend toward earlier fusion in patients having ALIF compared with patients having LLIF at 6 months (66% versus 45%; p = 0.0559); however, by 24 months the fusion rates were similar (100% versus 95%; p = 0.1948).

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