Safety and the anatomy of the retroperitoneal lateral corridor with respect to the minimally invasive lateral lumbar intervertebral fusion approach

Gilad J. Regev; Choll W. Kim

doi:10.1016/j.nec.2013.12.001

Safety and the anatomy of the retroperitoneal lateral corridor with respect to the minimally invasive lateral lumbar intervertebral fusion approach

Gilad J. Regev, Choll W. Kim^*

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Orthopedic Surgery

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Abstract

Safe and reproducible outcomes of the lateral lumbar intervertebral fusion (LLIF) procedure rely on meticulous care and understanding of the anatomy of the lateral corridor. This review aims to describe the different important anatomic considerations when performing LLIF and offer technical notes that may help increase the safety of this procedure. The LLIF procedure is divided into 5 stages: patient positioning, abdominal wall dissection, retroperitoneal space dissection, deployment of the surgical retractors, and diskectomy. Each stage is preformed in a distinct anatomic compartment that may cause different typical complications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	211-218
Number of pages	8
Journal	Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nec.2013.12.001
State	Published - Apr 2014

Keywords

LLIF
Retroperitoneal anatomy
Transpsoas approach

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