It was reported that on (b)(6) 2010 the patient underwent following procedures: left l4-5 transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using peek spacer, and autograft.Posterior instrumentation with pedicle screws and posterolateral fusion with autograft, allograft, and bmp-2.Preoperative diagnosis: l4-5 degenerative disc.Left l4-5 stenosis.As per op notes: ¿next, a 12mm graft was packed with morcellized fit snugly.Morcellized autograft was then packed medial and lateral to the spacer.Next, attention was turned toward the facet joint on the right.This was decorticated and packed with morcellized autograft as well as bmp-2 autograft, a little bit of allograft, and bmp-2 sponge.On the left hand side, the lateral recess was decorticated and packed with morcellized allograft.¿.Post operatively the patient reported disc herniation and underwent a revision surgery in (b)(6) 2011.
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