CONDUIT vs. PEEK Cages

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · Mar 24, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

Direct lateral interbody fusion (DLIF) is a powerful surgical tool in a spine surgeon's armamentarium to address lumbar spine pathology minimally invasively. It has been widely adopted amongst spine surgeons to gain access to the lumbar disc through a small incision on a patient's flank. Through a retroperitoneal approach, the surgeon can perform discectomy, prep end plates, and insert an interbody cage with a much longer (lateral-medial) and wider (anterior-posterior) footprint than posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). Using either transpsoas or anterior-to-psoas (ATP) technique, the ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • • Patients with one to two consecutive level lumbar degenerative disease from L2to S1, including Grade 1 (\<25%) Spondylolisthesis
• • Patients undergoing direct lateral interbody fusion (transpsoas or anterior-to-psoas approach) for lumbar disease
• • Skeletally mature patients, aged 18 and older
• • Patients able to fully comply with the clinical protocol and adhere to the follow-up schedule and protocol requirements
• • Patients able to understand and sign the study-specific, IRB approved informed consent form
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • • Spondylolisthesis greater than Grade 1
• • Traumatic lumbar disease
• • Spinal Deformity
• • Coronal Cobb angle greater than 40 degrees
• • Severe sagittal imbalance
• • Existing fusion construct longer than 2 consecutive levels
• • Active infection - systemic or local
• • Tumor diagnosis
• • Untreated osteoporosis, defined as T Spine \< -2.5 on DEXA scan
• • Active smoking habit
• • Current incarceration
• • Pregnancy
• • Involvement in an active spinal litigation