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AnteriorLumbarInterbodyFusionALIFDefinition.AnteriorLumbarInterbodyFusion(ALIF)isatypeofbacksurgeryusedtofusethediscspaceofthespine ...

An Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) surgery is a type of spinal fusion performed to stabilize a painful motion segment in the lower back, commonly caused by lumbar degenerative disc disease[1] and/or spondylolisthesis[2]. The surgical approach is via the abdomen, to access the front–or the “anterior”–of the spine, where the disc is located.

Doctors Lane and Moore first performed an ALIF surgery in the 1940s for the treatment of lower back pain. 1 Lane JD Jr, Moore ES Jr. Transperitoneal approach to the intervertebral disc in the lumbar area. Ann Surg. 1948;127:537–551. The procedure did not gain immediate favor because of low success rates; about 36% to 52% of patients found significant pain relief and about 32% to 56% had a successful fusion of vertebr...