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- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) Surgery - Spine-health
An Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) surgery is a type of spinal fusion performed to stabilize a painful motion segment in the lower back, commonly caused by lumbar degenerative disc disease and or spondylolisthesis
- ALIF Surgery: What It Is, Purpose, Procedure Recovery
ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion) is surgery to treat degenerative disk disease and other conditions that happen when damaged or worn-out intervertebral disks put pressure on your spinal nerves
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF): Everything You Need to Know
ALIF stands for “Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion ” It is a surgical procedure used to treat lower back pain caused by degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, or other spinal conditions
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) - OrthoInfo - AAOS
In an interbody spinal fusion, the damaged intervertebral disk is removed and replaced with bone graft material In an anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF), the surgeon accesses the spine through an incision in the front, rather than the back
- Spinal Fusion: Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)
Through an incision made in your belly, anterior lumbar fusion (ALIF) reaches the spine from the front The damaged disc is removed and replaced with a bone graft
- TLIF vs PLIF vs ALIF: Spinal Surgery Compared
ALIF is best for people needing surgery on the front of the lumbar spine, especially for big disc herniations hard to reach from the back It's also good for reducing risks to back muscles
- ALIF, TLIF, and LLIF for Lower Back Pain | Neurological Surgery
In an anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedure, the neurosurgeon makes the incision on the front (anterior) side of the patient, and in a lateral interbody fusion (LLIF) the incision is either on the right or left side of the patient
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion - Neurosurgery Spine Center
Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) is a spinal surgery that involves removal of all or part of a disc from in between two contiguous vertebrae (interbody) from the front of the vertebral body in the lower back region (lumbar spine) and fusing or joining the two vertebrae together so that they heal into a single, solid bone
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