PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nierengarten, Mary Beth
ED  - Steinberger, Jeremy
TI  - Pseudarthrosis Increased after Unilateral-Instrumented TLIF for Lumbar Spondylosis
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 15--16
VI  - 14
IP  - 50
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/50/15.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/50/15.full
AB  - Although the use of either unilateral or bilateral segmental pedicular instrumentation with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is effective in the treatment of lumbar spondylosis, patients who underwent TLIF buttressed by unilateral instrumentation were 7 times more likely to suffer pseudarthrosis and were more likely to require a reoperation. This article presents the results of a prospective cohort study that looked at the incidence of complications in patients with lumbar spondylosis who underwent TLIF with either unilateral or bilateral instrumentation.