This animation depicts a transverse lumbar interbody fusion at L4-5 & L5-S1. The surgical steps include the following; incision site over L4-S1, dissection of paraspinal musculature, left-sided hemilaminectomy at L4-5 & L5-S1, medial facetectomy, radical discectomy, excision of cartilaginous end plates, insertion of cages with mixed bone graft into L4-5 & L5-S1 disc spaces, decortication, placement of bilateral pedicle screws into L4, L5 & S1, placement of rods, placement of mixed bone graft fusion, postoperative x-ray depicting the surgical hardware.


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