Publication Date:
2018
Short description:
Minimally Invasive Far Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Prospective Cohort Study / Doria, Carlo; Balsano, Massimo; Rampal, Virginie; Solla, Federico. - In: GLOBAL SPINE JOURNAL. - ISSN 2192-5682. - 8:5(2018), pp. 512-516. [10.1177/2192568218756908]
abstract:
Study Design: Prospective cohort study.
Objectives: To assess rate and degree of interbody bone fusion and evolution in Oswestry Disability index (ODI) and visual
analog scale (VAS) of pain after minimally invasive far lateral lumbar interbody fusion.
Methods: Twenty-three patients with single-level lumbar instability or degenerative disc were treated by this method and
prospectively included. VAS of pain and ODI were evaluated preoperatively and at last follow-up. Computed tomography scan
was performed 6 months after surgery to assess interbody fusion.
Results: Between preoperative and 2 years postoperative follow-up, mean VAS decreased by 2.4 points (P < .001); mean ODI
improved by 21.8% (P < .001). Computed tomography scan showed fusion in all patients but one. No severe complications were
observed.
Conclusions: Minimally invasive far lateral lumbar interbody fusion resulted in satisfactory clinical and radiological results.
Objectives: To assess rate and degree of interbody bone fusion and evolution in Oswestry Disability index (ODI) and visual
analog scale (VAS) of pain after minimally invasive far lateral lumbar interbody fusion.
Methods: Twenty-three patients with single-level lumbar instability or degenerative disc were treated by this method and
prospectively included. VAS of pain and ODI were evaluated preoperatively and at last follow-up. Computed tomography scan
was performed 6 months after surgery to assess interbody fusion.
Results: Between preoperative and 2 years postoperative follow-up, mean VAS decreased by 2.4 points (P < .001); mean ODI
improved by 21.8% (P < .001). Computed tomography scan showed fusion in all patients but one. No severe complications were
observed.
Conclusions: Minimally invasive far lateral lumbar interbody fusion resulted in satisfactory clinical and radiological results.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
lumbar spine, intervertebral disc, far lateral lumbar interbody fusion, minimally invasive surgery
List of contributors:
Doria, Carlo; Balsano, Massimo; Rampal, Virginie; Solla, Federico
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