Kyriakos Kitsopoulos, B. Wiedenhoefer, S. Hemmer, C. Fleege, M. Arabmotlagh, M. Rauschmann, M. Rickert
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Background: Compared with static cages, expandable cages for Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF), are thought to require less posterior bony removal and nerve root retraction. They may allow the creation of a greater lordotic angle and lordosis restoration.