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Postoperative lateral X-ray of the lumbar spine. The OLIF cage is in the middle third of the intervertebral space. The blue block exemplifies the most anterior position achieved by using direct lateral transpsoas approach (DLIF, LLIF or XLIF). OLIF, oblique lumbar interbody fusion; DLIF, direct lateral interbody fusion; LLIF, lateral transpsoas lumbar interbody fusion; XLIF, extreme lateral interbody fusion.
