Clinical Study

Applying the Mini-Open Anterolateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Self-Anchored Stand-Alone Polyetheretherketone Cage in Lumbar Revision Surgery

Table 1

Characteristics of 22 patients who underwent revision lumbar surgery using ALLIF with self-anchored stand-alone PEEK cage.

Patient numberGenderAgePrimary surgeryReasons for revision surgeryOperation levelsPosterior fixationCage subsidence

1Female 56TLIF for L4/5 LDH Implant migrationL4/5IntactNo
2Male61TLIF for L3/L4, L4/5 LDHImplant migrationL3/4, L4/5IntactNo
3Female 61TLIF for L4/5, L5/S1 LDHPseudarthrosisL4/5, L5/S1Breakage of the screwL4/5
4Female49PLIF for L4/5 LDHASDL5/S1IntactNo
5Female57TLIF for L5/S1 LDHASDL4/5IntactNo
6Female50PLIF for L5/S1 LDHASDL4/5IntactNo
7Male52TLIF for L5/S1 LDHASDL4/5IntactNo
8Female63TLIF for L4/5 LDHASDL5/S1IntactNo
9Male53TLIF for L3/L4, L4/5 LDHPseudarthrosisL3/4, L4/5Breakage of the rodL4/5
10Male48L5/S1 discectomyRecurrent disc herniationL5/S1NoneNo
11Female42L4/5 discectomyRecurrent disc herniationL4/5NoneNo
12Male62L4/5 discectomyRecurrent disc herniationL4/5Noneā€‰
13Female55TLIF for L5 spondylolisthesisASDL4/5IntactNo
14Female58Decompression and PLF for L5/S1 LDHRecurrent disc herniationL5/S1IntactNo
15Male56TILF for L4/5 LDHPseudarthrosisL4/5Breakage of the rodNo
16Male60Decompression and PLF for L4/5 LDHRecurrent disc herniationL4/5IntactNo
17Female59TLIF for L5 spondylolisthesisPseudarthrosis at L5/S1 and ASD at L4/5L4/5, L5/S1Breakage of the rodL4/5
18Female63TLIF for L4 spondylolisthesisASDL5/S1IntactNo
19Male52TLIF for L5 spondylolisthesisPseudarthrosisL5/S1Screw looseningL5/S1
20Female57PLIF for L3/4, L4/5 LDHPseudarthrosisL3/4IntactNo
21Female50TLIF for L3/4, L4/5 LDHPseudarthrosis at L4/5 and ASD at L5/S1 L4/5, L5/S1IntactNo
22Male54PLIF for L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1 LDHPseudarthrosis at L4/5L4/5Breakage of the rodNo

PLIF: posterior lumbar interbody fusion, PLF: posterolateral lumbar fusion, TLIF: transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, LDH: lumbar disc herniation, and ASD: adjacent segment degeneration.