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The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of the screw insertion depth in the vertebra on lumbar spinal fusion using the CBT technique.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A total of 101 consecutive patients with L4 degenerative spondylolisthesis who underwent single-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion at L4\u20135 using the CBT technique were included (mean follow-up 32.9 months). Screw loosening and bone fusion were radiologically assessed to clarify the factors contributing to these outcomes. Investigated factors were as follows: 1) age, 2) sex, 3) body mass index, 4) bone mineral density, 5) intervertebral mobility, 6) screw diameter, 7) screw length, 8) depth of the screw in the vertebral body (%depth), 9) facetectomy, 10) crosslink connector, and 11) cage material.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The incidence of screw loosening was 3.1% and bone fusion was achieved in 91.7% of patients. There was no significant factor affecting screw loosening. The %depth in the group with bone fusion [fusion (+)] was significantly higher than that in the group without bone fusion [fusion (\u2212)] (50.3% \u00b1 8.2% vs 37.0% \u00b1 9.5%, respectively; p = 0.001), and multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that %depth was a significant independent predictor of bone fusion. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis identified %depth  &gt;   39.2% as a predictor of bone fusion (sensitivity 90.9%, specificity 75.0%).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study is, to the authors\u2019 knowledge, the first to investigate the significance of the screw insertion depth using the CBT technique. 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