Background: Our group used vertebral bone marrow aspirate (BMA) with an anterior truss-
based interbody implant to promote fusion. This implant has biomechanical characteristics …

Background: anterior lumbar interbody fusion (aliF) has been performed for many years.
often, posterior supplemental fixation has been used to provide additional stability to the …

Background Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) has been performed for many years.
Often, posterior supplemental fixation has been used to provide additional stability to the …

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 …

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 …

Study Design. A prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing a cylindrical
threaded titanium cage to a femoral ring allograft control for anterior lumbar interbody fusion …

Background Degenerative disc disease is common and debilitating for many patients. If
conservative extensive care fails, anterior lumbar interbody fusion has proven to be an …

Background Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) has been used for treatment of a variety
of spinal conditions including degenerative disc disorders and low-grade spondylolisthesis …

Background Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) with grafting and implant options
like iliac crest bone graft (ICBG), recombinant bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP), and …

Frank M. Phillips, MD, Chicago, IL, USA; Mark Falahee, MD, Ypsilanti, MI, USA; F. Todd
Wetzel, MD, Chicago, IL, USA; Richard Rabinowitz, MD, Hoffman Estates, IL, USA; …