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transforaminal

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English

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Etymology

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From trans- +‎ foraminal.

Adjective

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transforaminal (not comparable)

  1. Through the foramen.
    • 2015 August 19, Chaoliang Lv et al., “Comparative effectiveness of two different interbody fusion methods for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: cage versus morselized impacted bone grafts”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders[1], volume 16, →DOI:
      The purpose of this paper is to compare the clinical and radiological results of local bone grafts with a cage to morselized impacted bone grafts without cage, in patients undergoing transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery.