AxiaLIF

Posted By: vr on 2006-06-09
In Reply to: s / l axial lift - eh

Subject: AxiaLIF

Hello - E.H.

The word you are probably looking for is AxiaLIF, which is an axial lumbar interbody fusion. Apparently it is a registered name. Our Spine Docs are doing this procedure alot. Hope I helped. - VR

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s / l axial lift - eh
- AxiaLIF - vr
- TLIF is transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. sm - nm
  - I checked my Stedman's Abbreviations - nn
- Never heard it called lift before, but - nn
  - don't know.... - eh
    - It still sounds like a decompression - nn
      - me again - nn

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