Postoperative Complications Within the First Year After Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion: Experience of the First 108 Patients.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Objective: To determine complications within the first year after undergoing extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF).

Summary Of Background Data: There are a growing but limited number of reports in the literature regarding early postoperative complications after XLIF.

Fibular allograft after anterior cervical corpectomy: long term follow-up.

The purpose of this study was to provide clinical and radiographic evaluation after a minimum of two years in patients who had an anterior cervical corpectomy and a fibular allograft strut. Nineteen patients returned for a follow-up visit which included independent radiographic evaluation as well as completing a Visual Analogue Scale and Oswestry and Short-Form 36 questionnaires. The categories of fusion were as follows: 1) definitely fused (84%) 2) questionably fused (11%) 3) definitely not fused (5%).