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THE PRODUCT MANAGER WAS PRESENT IN THE OPERATING ROOM FOR A CASE INVOLVING A LATERAL L1-L5 LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION (LLIF) PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT WAS POSITIONED LATERALLY WITH THE LEFT SIDE FACING UP. THE SURGEON MADE A SMALL INCISION ON THE LATERAL FLANK FOR ACCESS TO THE L1 VERTEBRAL BODY. THE PROCEDURE COMMENCED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF A ZAVATION LATERAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM, THE DISK WAS DISSECTIONED, AND THEN THE LATERAL F3D IMPLANT WAS PLACED INTO AT THE L1 LEVEL. THE OPERATION PROGRESSED TO L2, WHERE THE SURGEON UTILIZED A COBB SPINAL ELEVATOR TO EXCISE OSTEOPHYTES FOR ADEQUATE ACCESS TO THE L2 VERTEBRA. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT HEMORRHAGING. A GENERAL SURGEON WAS URGENTLY CALLED TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SOURCE OF THE BLEEDING COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED IN TIME, AND THE PATIENT ULTIMATELY SUCCUMBED TO THE HEMORRHAGE.