Figure 5.
Application of minimally invasive techniques to lumbar spinal approaches. ALIF: anterior lumbar interbody fusion, LLIF: lateral lumbar interbody fusion, OLIF: oblique lumbar interbody fusion, PLIF: posterior lumbar interbody fusion, TLIF: transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Adapted from Mobbs et al., Journal of Spine Surgery (2015). All illustrations performed by author HI.
