A single straight expandable cage via a hybrid posterior-transforaminal approach with rhBMP-2 or allograft provides high fusion rates with low risk of subsidence
A hybrid P-TLIF with a single straight titanium expandable cage permitted safe cage insertion, guided repositioning, and controlled expansion. Patients demonstrated significant improvements in pain, disability and function with low subsidence and high CT fusion rates over 24-month follow-up. The use of DBA in this cohort showed no significant difference in fusion rates across 24-month when compared to rhBMP-2.
Authors
- Gregory M. Malham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7200-2211)
- Dean T Biddau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2011-3734)
- C. Faulks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9362-9031)
- Nigel R. Munday (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-1609)
- Kaiwen Cabbabe
Institutions
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Epworth Hospital (AU)
- RMIT Europe (ES)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Spine Surgery
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/jss-24-82
- Primary Topic
- Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00