Lateral Access Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
History and Rationale for the Minimally Invasive Lateral Approach....Pages 3-9
Biomechanics of Lateral Spinal Reconstruction....Pages 11-21
Physiologic Benefits and Impacts of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeries....Pages 23-25
Costs and Economic Implications....Pages 27-30
Workup and Diagnostic Testing....Pages 31-34
Literature Evidence of the MIS Lateral Approach....Pages 35-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Selecting the Proper Patient for Lumbar Lateral Interbody Fusion and Minimally Invasive Spinal Deformity Surgery....Pages 53-59
Positioning and Safety....Pages 61-66
Intraoperative Electrophysiologic Monitoring....Pages 67-72
Motor-Based Monitoring During Minimally Invasive Lateral Spine Surgery....Pages 73-80
Frameless Navigation....Pages 81-87
Techniques for Avoiding Psoas Muscle and Lumbosacral Plexus Injury....Pages 89-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Single Versus Dual Incisions for Lateral Retroperitoneal Approach....Pages 101-102
Lateral Transpsoas Retractor Technology....Pages 103-109
Anterior to Psoas (ATP) Fusion of the Lumbar Spine....Pages 111-125
Thoracic MIS Retropleural Access....Pages 127-133
Psoas Muscle Management....Pages 135-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
The Extreme Lateral Minimally Invasive Approach to Pure Degenerative Lumbar Disk Disease....Pages 143-153
Lateral Approach for Spondylolisthesis....Pages 155-161
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) for the Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD)....Pages 163-199
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Neoplasia....Pages 201-214
Minimally Invasive Lateral Spine Surgery in Trauma....Pages 215-224
Lateral MIS Surgery for Spinal Column Infections....Pages 225-234
Adjacent Level Disease and Proximal Junctional Kyphosis....Pages 235-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Review of the Current Clinical Outcomes of Different Supplemental Fixation Techniques....Pages 245-257
Anterolateral Fixation in LLIF....Pages 259-264
Anterior Column Realignment....Pages 265-272
Subsidence in LLIF....Pages 273-278
Osteobiologics....Pages 279-287
Indirect Decompression....Pages 289-295
Approaching a Deformity from the Concavity Versus Convexity....Pages 297-304
Awake Lateral Lumbar Fusion....Pages 305-316
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Managing and Preventing Vascular Complications....Pages 319-327
Managing and Preventing Soft Tissue Complications....Pages 329-338
Ileus and Gastrointestinal Complications....Pages 339-346
Lumbar Plexus Injury: Lateral MIS Spinal Fusion....Pages 347-353
Back Matter....Pages 355-362