Multicenter Study of the Avenue L Interbody Spinal Fusion System Using VerteBRIDGE Plating and Posterior Fixation

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subjects must be candidates for on-label use of the Avenue L device (have
degenerative disc disease, use only at one or two contiguous levels, posterior
fixation must be used, autograft must be used in the interbody cage)

- Subject must be skeletally mature at the time of surgery, i.e. the subject must be at
least 21 years of age at the time of surgery

- Subject should have had a minimum of 6 months of non-operative treatment prior to
surgery

- The placement of the Avenue L device must be a primary surgery

- Subject must be willing to sign the consent form and be able to return for all follow
up visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subject must not have had prior surgery at the operative level(s)

- Subject is known to have substance or alcohol addictions

- Subject has lateral curvature of the spine (scoliosis, all types)

- Subject is a prisoner

- Subject is pregnant

- Subject has an active infection or sepsis at the time of surgery

- Subject has any neuromuscular disorder that would preclude accurate neurologic
evaluations