Georg Schmorl Prize of the German Spine Society (DWG) 2017: correction of spino-pelvic alignment with relordosing mono- and bisegmental TLIF spondylodesis

DiscussionThis retrospective study demonstrates that significant relordosing and, therefore, correction of the spino-pelvic alignment are possible with mono-/bisegmental TLIF spondylodesis. Positive influence of higher cage sizes and surgeon ’s experience was shown. We conclude that the ratio of LL/PI should be taken into account preoperatively in lumbar fusion surgery when planning mono-/bisegmental TLIF spondylodesis to optimize spino-pelvic alignment.Graphical abstractThese slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
Source: European Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research