Do current outcomes data support the technique of lumbar interbody fusion?
Subach, B.R.; Haid, R.W.; Rodts, G.E.; McLaughlin, M.R.
Clinical Neurosurgery 48: 204-218
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0069-4827 PMID: 11692642 Document Number: 526978
Over the past 20 years, significant technical advances in spinal surgery have made the concept of interbody fusion a reality. The procedure, whether approached anteriorly or posteriorly, appears to improve patient satisfaction and radiographic fusion rates in selected cases. The lack of a randomized, prospective study and difficulty in comparing outcomes between studies has made it difficult to draw such a conclusion from the literature.