The team of doctors of the Clinic for Traumatology, Clinical Center of Banja Luka, led by Dr. Nikola Bojić and by Dr. Zoran Bjelogrlić, have been successfully done surgery on the spinal column, for the first time in this region, using PLIF, or Posterior lumbar intervertebral fusion.

PLIF is a method that represents the absolute top of spinal surgery in the world.

It is about to access the spine from the back of the spinal column, which released a spinal cord and nerve endings, which were hit due to degenerative rheumatic changes. This pressure causes constriction of the spinal channel, while application of PLIF, that is fixing two adjacent vertebrae, resulting in complete decompression of the spinal cord and nerve endings.

The patient can move independently, without any external fixators, two days after this surgery.