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ArticleOrthopedic reviews2017

The Double-Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: An Innovative One-Stage Surgical Technique for Posterior Kyphosis Correction.

Marcus Jäger, Tjark Tassemeier

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Article in Orthopedic reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Marcus JägerDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Tjark TassemeierDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Posttraumatic deformities after vertebral fractures are challenging for orthopedic surgeons in the non-operative and operative field. Especially osteoporotic fractures may cause a hyperkyphosis resulting in segmental or global sagittal imbalance and chronic back pain. Different vertebral osteotomies are potent to restore sagittal profile but show a very high perioperative risk including neurological and soft tissue complications. In addition, some of these extensive operations require a two-step procedure including posterior and anterior approaches. Therefore, these established techniques may be contraindicated in elderly or multimorbide patients suffering from concomitant diseases. The authors describe the double transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) osteotomy (DTO) as an innovative one-stage and low-invasive surgical technique to correct a fixed posttraumatic kyphosis in the thoracolumbar junction. The procedure includes posterior release (laminectomy, facettectomy, nucleotomy) combined with two expandable TLIF implants (sandwich technique) and posterior instrumentation and is illustrated by a case of a multimorbide 78-year old female.

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Deformity correctionKyphosisSpineTLIF

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PMID28713528
PMCPMC5505100

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