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Increased incidence of cage migration and nonunion in instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with bioabsorbable cages

Arien J. Smith, Marc S. Arginteanu, Frank Moore, Alfred A. Steinberger, Martin B. Camins

Journal of Neurosurgery Spine · 2010 · 45 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

This study showed an increased incidence of nonunion (18.2%) and postsurgical cage migration (18.2%) in patients undergoing TLIF with biodegradable cages versus carbon fiber implants (0%) (p = 0.006 and 0.007, respectively).

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Michael Prange, Brittany Coats, Ann‐Christine Duhaime et al. · Journal of neurosurgery · 2003 · 195 citations · Full text

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