title: Do current outcomes data support the technique of lumbar interbody fusion?
abstract: Over the past 20 years, significant technical advances in spinal surgery have made the concept of interbody fusion a reality. The procedure, whether approached anteriorly or posteriorly, appears to improve patient satisfaction and radiographic fusion rates in selected cases. The lack of a randomized, prospective study and difficulty in comparing outcomes between studies has made it difficult to draw such a conclusion from the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Subach
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Haid
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Rodts
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*