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Lower Back (Lumbar)

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Lower Back

Neurosurgically your Back Pain

is caused by various diseases such as Sprain, Disc Bulging/Herniation, Foraminal Disc Herniation, Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Spondylolysis, Fracture, Facet Cyst, Tumor, Scoliosis, etc.
Stage 68 Stages of Tailored Spine Treatmentsat Wooridul Spine Hospital
Advanced surgical technique that preserves the normal tissues of the spine without damage
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

This surgical method is for the patients with anterior spondylolisthesis, in which 1) the disc is removed first with a minimal incision (3~5cm) without any damage to the normal tissues of the back, including bones, muscles, nerves, 2) the bones are aligned, and 3) the artificial bone is inserted and fixed with screws.
This treatment has been spread to the world by Wooridul Spine Hospital and has already been proven as the best spinal fusion by several papers in the US and Europe.

  • Minimal Incision Through Umbilicus(Performed fusion surgery without damage to normal tissues)
    앞쪽 배꼽을 통해 최소 절개 후 접근
    앞쪽 배꼽을 통해 최소 절개 후 접근
  • 3 Months After Surgery
    3 Months After Surgery

Advantages of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

  • Minimal wound, no blood transfusion required
  • No neural adhesion after surgery by preserving ligaments and nerves
  • Less pain after surgery, reduced complication
  • Minimally invasive technique, inserted screws safely
  • 1 Minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion followed by percutaneous pedicle screw fixation for isthmic spondylolisthesis: minimum 5-year follow-up
  • 2 Anterior bone cement augmentation in anterior lumbar interbody fusion and percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in patients with osteoporosis
  • 3 Two-level anterior lumbar interbody fusion with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation: a minimum 3-year follow-up study
  • 4 Microscopic anterior foraminal decompression combined with anterior lumbar interbody fusion
  • 1Minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion followed by percutaneous pedicle screw fixation for isthmic spondylolisthesis: minimum 5-year follow-up
  • 2Anterior bone cement augmentation in anterior lumbar interbody fusion and percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in patients with osteoporosis
  • 3Two-level anterior lumbar interbody fusion with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation: a minimum 3-year follow-up study
  • 4Microscopic anterior foraminal decompression combined with anterior lumbar interbody fusion
SCI-level international journals on anterior lumbar interbody fusion written by Wooridul Doctors

Treatment Cases

    • Before Surgery
      Before Surgery
    • After Surgery
      After Surgery

    35-year-old female patient with L4-5 (dermatome) buttock and ankle pain

    • Before Surgery
      Before Surgery
    • After Surgery
      After Surgery

    55-year-old female with pain in back, buttock and ankle

Stage 78 Stages of Tailored Spine Treatmentsat Wooridul Spine Hospital
Advanced surgical technique that preserve the healthy disc without damage
Mini-deformity Surgery
  • Mini-deformity Surgery
  • Mini-deformity Surgery

Comprehensive surgery is required when two or more segments are severely collapsing or compressing the nerve due to severe degeneration, trauma, infection, etc.

Multi-level Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Corpectomy and Fusion