What is the latest method to stabilize the lumbar spine

@rick3649 Rick, welcome to Connect. I am a cervical spine surgery patient. While we wait for other members to ioin the conversation, would you be able to share your diagnosis? I'm guessing that you may be consulting a surgeon about your options.

Jennifer

It might not be the latest https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/lumbar-disk-replacement

rick3649 It all depends on how bad your back is and degree of insult. The newest titanium cages I don’t believe require screws but uncertain. I had my fusion L4-S1 in 1990 and it has progressed greatly since then. I’d stay away from surgery until it was your last resort for pain or stability control.

I've had a Laminectomy done in 2010 on L3-4 and L4. Since then, minimally invasive surgery on L1-2 and L2-3 ,which has not given me much relief if any. I still have pain in front of my thighs making it hard to walk.My surgeon has offered to go in and do more extensive surgery in that area and use 2 coflex clips. I still have problems with L5 being compressed (my only choice there is fusion)
Since I have spinal fusion and this would be my 3rd surgery and doesn't look like the last one, I'm really worried about having this procedure done.
Anyone having these coflex clips installed and their experience with this would be appreciated. Thank you