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Does transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion induce lordosis or kyphosis? Radiographic evaluation with a minimum 2-year follow-up

2021; Volume: 35; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3171/2020.12.spine201665

1547-5654

Jinping Liu, Pingguo Duan, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Rong Xie, Bo Li, Yinhui Dong, Sigurd Berven, Dean Chou,

Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques

Conflicting reports exist about whether transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) induces lordosis or kyphosis, ranging from decreasing lordosis by 3.71° to increasing it by 18.8°. In this study, the authors' aim was to identify factors that result in kyphosis or lordosis after TLIF.