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Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)

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Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF): Removal of the degenerative disk by going through the lower abdomen. A structural device, made of bone, metal, carbon filter or other materials, is placed to take the supportive place of the removed disk and packed with bone, so that ultimately fusion between the bone (body of the vertebrae) above and below occurs.

To learn more about Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, visit AANS.org


Information sourced from https://www.aans.org/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Lu...

Surgical Care and Management

  • Anterior Cervical Corpectomy
  • Anterior Cervical Disectomy and Fusion (ACDF)
  • Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)
  • Carpal Tunnel Release (Open Technique)
  • Cervical Arthroplasty
  • Cervical Posterior Foraminotomy
  • Craniectomy for Chiari Malformation (Foramen Magnum Decompression)
  • Craniotomy for tumors
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Dorsal Column Stimulation
  • Kyphoplasty (Balloon Vertebroplasty)
  • Laminectomy
  • Lumbar Corpectomy
  • Lumbar Diskectomy
  • Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion (OLIF)
  • Peroneal Nerve Decompression
  • Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF)
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Ulnar Nerve Transposition at the Elbow
  • Vagal Nerve Stimulation
  • Ventricultoperitoneal Shunt for Hydrocephalus
  • Vertebroplasty

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    • Our Practice
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    • Physicians
      • Gregory C. Dowd, M.D.
      • M. Lawrence Drerup, M.D., FACS, FICS
      • Paul V. Birinyi, M.D.
      • Stephen D. Downs, M.D
      • Troy M. Vaughn, M.D., F.A.C.S.
    • Conditions
      • Head
        • Brain Aneurysm
        • Brain Tumor
        • Chiari Malformation (CM)
        • Concussion
        • Hydrocephalus
        • Intracranial hermorrhages
        • Movement Disorders / Parkinsons Disease
        • Myelopathy
        • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
        • Pseudotumor Cerebri
        • Seizures
      • Peripheral
        • Carpel Tunnel
        • Cubital Tunnel
      • Spine
        • Cervical Radiculopathy
        • Compression Fractures of the Spine
        • Degenerative Disc Disease
        • Facet Joint Syndrome
        • Herniated Disc (Cervical)
        • Kyphosis
        • Lumbar Radiculopathy
        • Osteoporosis
        • Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
        • Scoliosis
        • Spinal Stenosis (Cervical)
        • Spinal Stenosis
        • Spondylolisthesis
        • Spondylosis
    • Treatments
      • Surgical Care and Management
        • Anterior Cervical Corpectomy
        • Anterior Cervical Disectomy and Fusion (ACDF)
        • Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)
        • Carpal Tunnel Release (Open Technique)
        • Cervical Arthroplasty
        • Cervical Posterior Foraminotomy
        • Craniectomy for Chiari Malformation (Foramen Magnum Decompression)
        • Craniotomy for tumors
        • Deep Brain Stimulation
        • Dorsal Column Stimulation
        • Kyphoplasty (Balloon Vertebroplasty)
        • Laminectomy
        • Lumbar Corpectomy
        • Lumbar Diskectomy
        • Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion (OLIF)
        • Peroneal Nerve Decompression
        • Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF)
        • Spinal Fusion
        • Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
        • Ulnar Nerve Transposition at the Elbow
        • Vagal Nerve Stimulation
        • Ventricultoperitoneal Shunt for Hydrocephalus
        • Vertebroplasty
      • Non-surgical Care and Management
        • Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
        • Cervical Selective Nerve Root Block
        • Facet Joint Injections
        • Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection
        • Myleography (Myelogram)
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        • Stephen D. Downs, M.D
        • Troy M. Vaughn, M.D., F.A.C.S.
      • Conditions
        • Head
          • Brain Aneurysm
          • Brain Tumor
          • Chiari Malformation (CM)
          • Concussion
          • Hydrocephalus
          • Intracranial hermorrhages
          • Movement Disorders / Parkinsons Disease
          • Myelopathy
          • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
          • Pseudotumor Cerebri
          • Seizures
        • Peripheral
          • Carpel Tunnel
          • Cubital Tunnel
        • Spine
          • Cervical Radiculopathy
          • Compression Fractures of the Spine
          • Degenerative Disc Disease
          • Facet Joint Syndrome
          • Herniated Disc (Cervical)
          • Kyphosis
          • Lumbar Radiculopathy
          • Osteoporosis
          • Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
          • Scoliosis
          • Spinal Stenosis (Cervical)
          • Spinal Stenosis
          • Spondylolisthesis
          • Spondylosis
      • Treatments
        • Surgical Care and Management
          • Anterior Cervical Corpectomy
          • Anterior Cervical Disectomy and Fusion (ACDF)
          • Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)
          • Carpal Tunnel Release (Open Technique)
          • Cervical Arthroplasty
          • Cervical Posterior Foraminotomy
          • Craniectomy for Chiari Malformation (Foramen Magnum Decompression)
          • Craniotomy for tumors
          • Deep Brain Stimulation
          • Dorsal Column Stimulation
          • Kyphoplasty (Balloon Vertebroplasty)
          • Laminectomy
          • Lumbar Corpectomy
          • Lumbar Diskectomy
          • Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion (OLIF)
          • Peroneal Nerve Decompression
          • Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF)
          • Spinal Fusion
          • Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
          • Ulnar Nerve Transposition at the Elbow
          • Vagal Nerve Stimulation
          • Ventricultoperitoneal Shunt for Hydrocephalus
          • Vertebroplasty
        • Non-surgical Care and Management
          • Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
          • Cervical Selective Nerve Root Block
          • Facet Joint Injections
          • Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection
          • Myleography (Myelogram)
      • Patients
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        • Post Op Instructions
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