Trends in lumbar spinal fusion-a literature review. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Over the past several decades, there has been an upward trend in the total number of spinal fusion procedures worldwide. Advanced spinal fusion techniques with or without internal fixation, additional innovations in surgical approaches, innovative implants including a wide variety of interbody devices, and new alternatives in bone grafting materials are some reasons for the increasing number of spine fusion procedures. Moreover, the indications for spinal fusion have broadened over time. Initially developed for the treatment of instability and deformity due to tuberculosis, scoliosis, and traumatic injury, spinal fusion surgery has now a wide range of indications like spondylolisthesis, congenital or degenerative deformity, spinal tumors, and pseudarthrosis, with degenerative disorders as the most common indication. This review emphasizes current lumbar fusion techniques and their development in the past decades.

publication date

  • December 1, 2020

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC7797794

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 33846301422

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1055/s-2006-942338

PubMed ID

  • 33447679

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 6

issue

  • 4