BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0017]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a distractor disposed between two adjacent vertebral bodies from a direct anterior approach to the spine. [0018]FIGS. 2a and 2 b are a side and top view, respectively, of the distractor of FIG. 1. [0019]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the drawing of FIG. 1 further including a guiding assembly according to another aspect of the