Lumbar Spinal Fusion and Endplate Osseointegration: ‘Spot Welding’ is No Substitute for Full-Volume Biologic Fusion
WHITEPAPER EXCERPT: The strategy of using only a surface framework to allow bony integration for interbody fusion has become a fashionable topic in spinal surgery forums. Three-dimensionally printed Ti cages have become popular, with the implication that surface ingrowth is all that is necessary to effect an interbody arthrodesis, and that application of bone graft […]