With an operating temperature range of -60 degrees to 500degrees Fahrenheit (-50 degrees to 260 degrees Celsius ), this compound resists common engine fluids, including oil, gasoline, ethanol, water and anti-freeze and prevents contamination from moisture and dust.
This is accomplished by inserting a spinal cage or structural bone graft into the vertebral interspace (the area between the two vertebral bodies where the disc is located) and then decorticating an area such as the facet joints and placing bone grafting material.
Another technique for accessing the disc space for a fusion is through an incision in the low back in a posterior approach, called a posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF), or a transforaminal interbody fusion (TLIF). Approaching the disc space from the posterior has the benefit over an ALIF of requiring only one incision in the lower back.