Technical Note – Lateral Approach to the Lumbar Spine for the Removal of Interbody Cages

Revision surgery to address the migration or fracture of a lumbar interbody cage can be technically challenging. Scar tissue and fibrosis, among other anatomic barriers, can make removal of the cage a complicated procedure, potentially increasing postoperative pain as well as the probability of neur...

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Autores principales: Moisi, Marc, Page, Jeni, Paulson, David, Oskouian, Rod J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2015
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Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26180692
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.268
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description Revision surgery to address the migration or fracture of a lumbar interbody cage can be technically challenging. Scar tissue and fibrosis, among other anatomic barriers, can make removal of the cage a complicated procedure, potentially increasing postoperative pain as well as the probability of neurologic deficits. Use of the lateral surgical technique for removal of the cage can avoid these potential complications. In this case report, we describe the removal of interbody cages through a lateral approach in three patients without the necessity of additional posterior hardware revision.
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spelling pubmed-44945822015-07-15 Technical Note – Lateral Approach to the Lumbar Spine for the Removal of Interbody Cages Moisi, Marc Page, Jeni Paulson, David Oskouian, Rod J Cureus Neurosurgery Revision surgery to address the migration or fracture of a lumbar interbody cage can be technically challenging. Scar tissue and fibrosis, among other anatomic barriers, can make removal of the cage a complicated procedure, potentially increasing postoperative pain as well as the probability of neurologic deficits. Use of the lateral surgical technique for removal of the cage can avoid these potential complications. In this case report, we describe the removal of interbody cages through a lateral approach in three patients without the necessity of additional posterior hardware revision. Cureus 2015-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4494582/ /pubmed/26180692 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.268 Text en Copyright © 2015, Moisi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494582/
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