Retrospective analysis of medium-term outcomes following anterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery performed in a tertiary spinal surgical centre.
T SrirangarajanK EseonuB FakouriP LiantisP PanteliadisJ LucasT EmberM HarrisM TyrrellB SandfordJ R PanchmatiaPublished in: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2024)
Our 90-day complication rate of 10% lies within the 2.6% acute complication and 40% overall complications rates described in previous literature. The risk of vascular/visceral injury is significant (3%) and we recommend that ALIF be performed as a dual surgeon procedure with a vascular-trained access surgeon accompanying the spinal surgeon. ALIF is a valid revision surgical option for failed posterior approaches leading to complications such as pseudoarthrosis. In our sample, 89% of patients were managed with posterior fixation to augment the anterior fusion as, biomechanically, this is a proven construct.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- robot assisted
- spinal cord
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- systematic review
- risk factors
- total knee arthroplasty
- liver failure
- preterm infants
- type diabetes
- intensive care unit
- drug induced
- resistance training
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- body composition
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- total hip arthroplasty
- patient reported
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- preterm birth