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What are people's experiences with spinal fusion surgery?
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What does ALIF & PLIF stand for? Thanks.
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Surgery from both front and back, through the stomach and the back to get to both sides of the spine
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Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) surgery aims to fuse two levels of the lumbar spine by taking a surgical approach from the front.
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF) aims to fuse two levels of the spine by taking a surgical approach from behind the lumbar spine