According to published results, lateral lumbar interbody fusion improved long-term functional outcomes and patient satisfaction with low revision rates for adult patients with scoliosis.
Stuart Changoor, MD, and colleagues retrospectively reviewed data on 26 patients (mean age of 62 years) who underwent lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) for adult scoliosis between 2008 and 2013 with a mean follow-up of 89 months and a mean of 1.8 levels fused per operation. Outcome measures included deformity Cobb angle measurements, pelvic incidence (PI), lumbar lordosis (LL), Oswestry Disability Index