title: Letter to the editor: Lumbar interbody fusion.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery, Wilmington, NC 
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nasca
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrara
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery*