Biplanar Expandable Cages for Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Are Safe and Achieve Good 1-Year Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in an Asian …

DS Sim, A Kasivishvanaath, L Jiang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ijssurgery.com
Background This study investigated 1-year clinical and radiological outcomes of biplanar
expandable (BE) cages following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) in an Asian …

Exploring the differences in radiologic and clinical outcomes of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with single-and bi-planar expandable cages: a systematic …

S Matsoukas, M Karabacak, K Margetis - Neurosurgical Review, 2024 - Springer
Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is a universal surgical technique used to
achieve lumbar fusion. Traditionally static cages have been used to restore the disc space …

Expandable versus static transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion cages: 1-year radiographic parameters and patient-reported outcomes

J Woodward, L Koro, D Richards, C Keegan… - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Expandable transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) cages capable of
multidirectional in situ expansion have gained popularity as they increase axial surface area …

Long-term radiographic outcomes of expandable versus static cages in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

CC Chang, D Chou, B Pennicooke, J Rivera… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Potential advantages of using expandable versus static cages during
transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) are not fully established. The authors aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Does the application of expandable cages in TLIF provide improved clinical and radiological results compared to static cages? A meta-analysis

GX Lin, JS Kim, V Kotheeranurak, CM Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: This study aimed to provide a direct meta-analysis of the evidence comparing
outcomes between expandable cages and static cages in patients with transforaminal …

Expandable cages increase the risk of intraoperative subsidence but do not improve perioperative outcomes in single level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

C Stickley, T Philipp, E Wang, J Zhong, E Balouch… - The Spine Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract BACKGROUND CONTEXT Expandable cages (EXP) are being more frequently
utilized in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions (TLIF). EXP were designed to reduce …

Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using banana-shaped and straight cages: meta-analysis of clinical and radiological outcomes

A Sebaaly, G Kreichati, J Tarchichi, K Kharrat… - European Spine …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery rate increased over the last
decade. There is no consensus about the better shape of cage to use in TLIF. This meta …

Effect of cage type on short-term radiographic outcomes in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Y Gelfand, J Benton, R De la Garza-Ramos… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The effect of expandable versus static cage type on radiographic outcomes in
transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) has not been well studied in the literature. We …

Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with double banana cages: clinical evaluations and finite element Model analysis

K Fushimi, T Miyagawa, C Iwai, S Nozawa… - Global Spine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design Clinical and basic study. Objectives This study aimed to investigate whether
transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) using 2 banana-shaped cages leads to good …

Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using expandable cages: increased risk of late postoperative subsidence without a real improvement of …

D Armocida, A Pesce, M Cimatti, L Proietti, A Santoro… - World Neurosurgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) is one of
several approaches to lumbar interbody fusion that has proven to be a safe and effective …