Abstract
The lateral transpsoas approach for interbody fusion is a minimally invasive technique that has been gaining increasing popularity in the management of a variety of spinal degenerative disorders. Recently, there has been increasing utilization of this technique in the management of adult deformity. The authors present a review of the current evidence of using the lateral lumbar transpsoas approach in the correction of adult degenerative scoliosis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 353-360 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Neurosurgery clinics of North America |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2014 |
Keywords
- DLIF
- Deformity
- Direct lateral interbody fusion
- Extreme lateral interbody fusion
- Lateral transpsoas lumbar interbody fusion
- Minimally invasive
- XLIF
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Surgery