Lateral Decubitus Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion at the L4-5 Level is a Safe Alternative to Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion in 1-2 Level Lateral Decubitus Single Position Surgery
L-ALIF at L4-5 is a safe alternative to LLIF in L-SPS. Additionally, L4-5 L-ALIF enables more accurate restoration of L4-S1 lordosis and effectively improves L4-5 segmental lordosis.
Authors
- Brett A. Braly
- Cristiano Magalhães Menezes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6670-5159)
- Aaron J. Buckland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0275-5020)
- N.V. Huynh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6629-3467)
- John A. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6706-6539)
- Domenic Robinson
- Emily Oettinger
- Hannah Herrick
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- University of North Carolina Wilmington (US)
- Oklahoma City University (US)
- Glaucoma Associates of New York (US)
- Centro Universitário da Cidade (BR)
- Windsor Dermatology (US)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005542
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00