Mid-term Clinical Outcomes of Stand-alone Posterior Interbody Fusion with Rectangular Cages: A 4-year-minimum Follow-up
Fourty nine years old male who complained with left leg pain had disc herniation at lumbar 4-5 level and underwent PLIF with CC cage (). Height of disc space was 9.5mm before surgery and height rise up to 12 mm. After a year, height slightly decreased to 11 mm and the height maintained in 10 mm during 7 years of follow-up. Segmental lordosis before surgery was 13.5° which merely changed after surgery. But after 7 years it decreased to 7°. Total lordosis before surgery was measured as 42.9° which decreased in 33° after surgery and changed minimally till 7 years of follow-up. His VAS score decreased from 9 to 2 and excellent in Odom's criteria.