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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2022; 57(05): 821-827
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1756215
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Correlation Between Cage Positioning and Lumbar Lordosis in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF)

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Emiliano Neves Vialle 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia da Coluna, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
,
Guilherme Zandavalli Ramos 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia da Coluna, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
,
Fabian Lopez Hinojosa 
2   Grupo de Cirurgia da Coluna, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Angeles Valle Oriente, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
,
Alfredo Guiroy 
3   Unidad de Patología Espinal, Hospital Español de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
,
Luiz Gustavo Dal'Oglio da Rocha 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia da Coluna, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
,
André de Oliveira Arruda 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia da Coluna, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective The present study evaluates radiographic outcomes and the lumbar lordosis achieved with a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) arthrodesis technique according to the positioning of an interbody device (cage) in the disc space.

Methods This is a retrospective radiographic analysis of single-level surgical patients with degenerative lumbar disease submitted to a TLIF procedure and posterior pedicle instrumentation. We divided patients into two groups according to cage positioning. For the TLIF-A group, the cages were anterior to the disc space; for the TLIF-P group, cages were posterior to the disc space. Considering the superior vertebral plateau of the lower vertebra included in the instrumentation, cages occupying a surface equal to the anterior 50% of the midline were placed in the TLIF-A group, and those in a posterior position were placed in the TLIF-P group. We assessed pre- and postoperative orthostatic lateral radiographs to obtain the following measures: lumbar lordosis (LL) (angle L1–S1), segmental lordosis (LS) (L4–S1), and segmental lordosis of the cage (SLC).

Results The present study included 100 patients from 2011 to 2018; 44 were males, and 46 were females. Their mean age was 50.5 years old (range, 27 to 76 years old). In total, 43 cages were “anterior” (TLIF-A) and 57 were “posterior” (TLIF-P). After surgery, the mean findings for the TLIF-A group were the following: LL, 50.7°, SL 34.9°, and SLC 21.6°; in comparison, the findings for the TLIF-P group were the following: LL, 42.3° (p < 0.01), SL 30.7° (p < 0.05), and SLC 18.8° (p > 0.05).

Conclusion Cage positioning anterior to the disc space improved lumbar and segmental lordosis on radiographs compared with a posterior placement.

Keywords

spondylolisthesis - lordosis - spinal fusion - lumbosacral region

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The present study received no financial support from either public, commercial, or not-for-profit sources.


* Work developed in the Spine Surgery Group of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Curitiba, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 07 November 2021

Accepted: 27 June 2022

Article published online:
10 October 2022

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