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Table 2 Surgical implants: Cage type, absolute and mean measures ± SD and correction for lumbar lordosis (LL) and lordosis of the mTLIF segment (SL)

From: Modified technique of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for segmental correction of lumbar kyphosis: a safe alternative to osteotomies?

Pat

Cage

SL preop

SL 1 week postop

SL 6 mo postop

Correction mTLIF segment

1

Banana 6°

-6°

12°

2

Mesh 0°

14°

26°

26°

12°

3

Banana 10°

17°

16°

13°

4

Mesh 0°

13°

12°

12°

5

Banana 10°

12°

26°

26°

14°

6

Mesh 0°

-18°

18°

7

Banana 6°

-5°

12°

11°

16°

8

Mesh 28°

-2°

27°

27°

29°

9

Banana 10°

13°

29°

28°

15°

10

Banana 10°

-14°

13°

10°

24°

11

Banana 6°

-22°

22°

  

-2.3° ± 12.4°

15.5° ± 10.5°

14.7° ± 10.7°

17° ± 5.7°