STuDY DeSign: Prospective study. ObJeCTive: To study the validity of Hybrid construction (Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion) ALIF at one level and (Total Disc Arthroplasty) TDA at the adjacent level for two levels disc disease in the lumbar spine as an alternative surgical strategy compared to two levels disc arthroplasties. SuMMARY OF bACkgROunD DATA: With growing evidence that fusion construct...

Study Design Prospective follow-up design. Objective Ureteral injury is a recognized complication following gynecologic surgery and can result in hydronephrosis. Anterior lumbar surgery includes procedures like anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) and total disk replacement (TDR). Anterior approaches to the spine require mobilization of the great vessels and visceral organs. The vascular sup...

Aim To compare anterior fusion in standalone anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) using cage and screw constructs and anterior cage-alone constructs with posterior pedicle screw supplementation but without posterior fusion. Methods Eighty-five patients underwent single- or two-level ALIF procedure for degenerative disk disease or lytic spondylolisthesis (SPL). Posterior instrumentation was p...

A new decomposition method for nonstationary signals, named Adaptive Local Iterative Filtering (ALIF), has been recently proposed in the literature. Given its similarity with Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) and more rigorous mathematical structure, which makes feasible to study convergence compared EMD, ALIF really good potentiality become a reference analysis of signals containing strong co...

Alif Tri Handoyo, Hidayaturrahman, Criscentia Jessica Setiadi, and Derwin Suhartono. International Journal of Fuzzy Logic Intelligent Systems 2022;22:401-13. https://doi.org/10.5391/IJFIS.2022.22.4.401

Retroperitoneal approach for anterior lumbar spine fusion (ALIF) surgery is a widespread used in surgery. It normally requires the use of metallic retractors fixed to operative table. The friction between blades and soft tissues can produce injuries. In this study, we present initial experience ALIF surgeries performed with Alexis retractor, self-holding retractor made 2 stiff plastic rings joi...

The procedure of anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) is commonly performed on patients suffering from pain and/or neurological symptoms associated with disorders of the lumbar spine caused by disc degeneration and trauma. Surgery is indicated when prolonged conservative management proves ineffective. Because an important objective of the ALIF procedure is solid arthrodesis of the degenerati...

BACKGROUND Less invasive fusion approaches, such as extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF), have proliferated, but few reports have critically assessed fusion rates. To date, no studies have reported computed tomography (CT) documented fusion rates following XLIF. METHODS An institutional review board-approved prospective radiographic and CT assessment of minimally disruptive anterior lumbar...