Saint John’s Spine Surgeon Uses ILIF Procedure To Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Her pain was even more severe because she also had a collapsed vertebral disc at the same location as the narrowed canal,” said Dr. Bae performed a minimally disruptive procedure called ILIF™ (Interlaminar Lumbar Instrumented Fusion), which involves temporarily opening up the space between the spinous processes and careful removal of small sections of bone to relieve the pressure on the spinal cord and nerves. He then placed a precision-machined allograft bone between the spinous processes to open up the areas that were pressing on the spinal cord and fuse the bones. Bae attached a small plate to both spinous processes to stabilize the segment of the spine, eliminating the need for more extensive surgery. The ILIF procedure was developed to overcome the potential shortcomings of standard lumbar spinal stenosis treatments (e. Lee needed just three weeks of rehabilitation instead of the three to four months that spinal fusion, the conventional treatment for the condition, requires.

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