Watkins Medical Centre
Level 8, 225 Wickham Terrace,
Spring Hill QLD, 4000
All appointments
Phone: (07) 3831 7034
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
The great advantage of anterior lumbar interbody fusion is that there is no surgical approach through the back. The surgical incision is on the abdomen and the front of the disc is approached surgically behind the abdominal contents. The alternative to this procedure is sometimes disc replacement surgery.
Anterior Cervical Fusion
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF)
Posterior lumbar interbody fusion is a fusion procedure that is performed from the back (posterior) through an incision in the low back. Most of the disc is removed and an implant and bone graft is inserted in the disc space - in other words between the vertebral bodies (interbody).