Current concepts of contemporary expandable lumbar interbody fusion cage designs, part 2: feasibility assessment of an endplate conforming bidirectional …

BC Cheng, I Swink, R Yusufbekov… - International Journal of …, 2020 - ijssurgery.com
Background: Expandable cages that allow for bidirectional expansion, in both height and
width, may offer benefits over traditional expandable cages or static cages. Effective stiffness …

Current concepts of contemporary expandable lumbar interbody fusion cage designs, part 1: an editorial on their biomechanical characteristics

BC Cheng, I Swink, R Yusufbekov… - International Journal of …, 2020 - ijssurgery.com
Background: Bidirectional expandable designs for lumbar interbody fusion cages are the
latest iteration of expandable spacers employed to address some of the common problems …

Expandable interbody fusion cages: an editorial on the surgeon's perspective on recent technological advances and their biomechanical implications

KU Lewandrowski, L Ferrara, B Cheng - International Journal of …, 2020 - ijssurgery.com
Background: Expandable cages have gone through several iterations since they first
appeared on the market in the early 2000s. Their development was prompted by some …

Expandable Cages for Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Narrative Review

SB Lee, J Yoon, SJ Park, DS Chae - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Lumbar fusion surgery for treating degenerative spinal diseases has undergone significant
advancements in recent years. In addition to posterior instrumentation, anterior interbody …

Device profile of the FlareHawk interbody fusion system, an endplate-conforming multi-planar expandable lumbar interbody fusion cage

PB Derman, R Yusufbekov… - Expert Review of Medical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction The FlareHawk Interbody Fusion System is a family of lumbar
interbody fusion devices (IBFDs) that include FlareHawk7, FlareHawk9, FlareHawk11 …

Biomechanics of an expandable lumbar interbody fusion cage deployed through transforaminal approach

MC Mica, LI Voronov, G Carandang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - ijssurgery.com
Background: A novel expandable lumbar interbody fusion cage has been developed which
allows for a broad endplate footprint similar to an anterior lumbar interbody fusion; however …

Biomechanics of an expandable lumbar interbody fusion cage deployed through transforaminal approach

MC Mica, LI Voronov, G Carandang… - International Journal of …, 2017 - ijssurgery.com
Introduction A novel expandable lumbar interbody fusion cage has been developed which
allows for a broad endplate footprint similar to an anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF); …

Outcomes of expandable interbody devices in lumbar fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

NW Jenkins, JM Parrish, B Khechen… - Clinical Spine …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: This was a systematic review. Objective: The objective of this study was to
review radiographic, clinical, and surgical outcomes of expandable interbody device …

Biomechanical evaluation of an expandable cage in single-segment posterior lumbar interbody fusion

NN Bhatia, KH Lee, CNH Bui, M Luna, GM Wahba… - Spine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Controlled laboratory study. Objective. To evaluate the biomechanical
characteristics of a new expandable interbody cage in single-segment posterior lumbar …

Lateral lumbar interbody fusion using expandable vs static titanium interbody cages: a prospective cohort study of clinical and radiographic outcomes

CW Huo, GM Malham, DT Biddau, T Chung… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ijssurgery.com
Background Expandable cages are a recent development employed to reduce subsidence
and improve fusion compared with static cages as they alleviate the need for repeated …