When to Consider Stand-Alone Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Is There a Role for a Comeback With New Implants?

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(A) Immediate postoperative images after posterolateral fusion L3-S1, without changes in the level L2-L3. (B, C) 5-year postoperative images with adjacent segment disease at L2-L3 levels and pseudoarthrosis at L3-L4 level.
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Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) L3-L4 to correct pseudoarthrosis and stand-alone XLIF at L2-L3 to address adjacent segment disease.
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Figure 3
Long term follow-up demostrating solid fusion in both levels treated with extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF).