The use of minimally invasive surgical (MIS) techniques represents the most recent modification of methods used to achieve lumbar interbody fusion. The advantages of minimally L4-L5 level was operated in 14 subjects, L5-S1 in 7 subjects; L3-L4 and double level was fixed in 1 patient each. L4-L5 degenerative listhesis .Jan 14, 2017 The XLIF procedure can be difficult to accomplish in L4-L5 because of the density of the lumbosacral plexus. The XLIF approach can be obstructed by the ribs for T12-L1 and L1-L2 based on patient habitus and is impractical and contraindicated in L5-S1 in the traditional fashion as the sacral ala and illiac .Jun 12, 2013 The next case is that of a 71-year-old male with metastatic prostate cancer who presented with significant radiculopathic L5-S1 pain and severe motor deficits The patient underwent right-sided MIS L4-L5 laminotomy, resection of the dorsal and ventral tumor encroaching on the spinal canal, and L5 nerve .May 13, 2016 Methods. A total of 65 patients with pathology at L4-5 and/or L5-S1 necessitating fusion were treated with a minimally invasive T-LIF procedure. DMR was Review of the medical literature revealed that no studies have quantified the volume of DMR during MIS T-LIF disk space preparation. Likewise, there .
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