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Comparative Effectiveness of Laterally Placed Expandable versus Static Interbody Spacers: A 1-Year Follow-Up Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes Study

Yan Michael Li; Richard Francis Frisch; Zheng Huang; James Edward Towner; Yan Icy Li; Amber Lynn Edsall; Charles Ledonio · 2021 · Asian Spine Journal

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The study found no significant effect — useful as a negative control or null benchmark for your own design.

Abstract

Study Design Retrospective chart review. Purpose This study compared the clinical and radiographic outcomes of patients treated with expandable and static interbody spacers following minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-LLIF) with 12-month follow-up. Overview of Literature A common surgical option for the treatment of degenerative disk disease (DDD) is MIS-LLIF using static or expandable spacers to restore disk height (DH), neuroforaminal height (NH), and segmental lordosis. Static spacers may require excessive trialing and aggressive impaction, potentially leading to endpla

Abstract by Yan Michael Li; Richard Francis Frisch; Zheng Huang; James Edward Towner; Yan Icy Li; Amber Lynn Edsall; Charles Ledonio, Asian Spine Journal (2021) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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