ArticleNeuroradiology2020
Decreasing thickness and remodeling of ligamentum flavum after oblique lumbar interbody fusion.
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- An optimal disc height changes for successful indirect decompression with OLIF.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Therapy Potential of Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion 360 for Severe Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2025Article
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- Factors that influence the results of indirect decompression employing oblique lumbar interbody fusion.World journal of orthopedics · 2024Article
- Effects of the Severity of Stenosis on Clinical Outcomes of Indirect Decompression Using Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Factors affecting successful immediate indirect decompression in oblique lateral interbody fusion in lumbar spinal stenosis patients.North American Spine Society journal · 2023Article
- Oblique lateral internal fusion combined with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in severe lumbar spinal stenosis: clinical and radiographic outcome.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
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- Remodeling Pattern of Spinal Canal after Full Endoscopic Uniportal Lumbar Endoscopic Unilateral Laminotomy for Bilateral Decompression: One Year Repetitive MRI and Clinical Follow-Up Evaluation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeLigamentum flavum is one of the structures that could compress the spinal canal. Few studies have reported atrophy of ligamentum flavum after spinal fusion. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the reduction of ligamentum flavum size after oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
methodSeventeen patients who underwent OLIF without direct decompression were included. The MRI was obtained at the preoperative period, immediate postoperative period, and the follow-up period. Disc height (DH) was measured in plain radiograph. MRI measurements were spinal canal cross-sectional area (SCSA), ligamentum flavum thickness (LFT), ligamentum flavum area (LFA), and foraminal area (FA).
resultsMean age of the patients was 68.5 ± 10.8. Mean times between postoperative MRI and follow-up MRI were 20.2 ± 11.9 months. Mean disc height increased from 7.6 ± 1.6 to 11.6 ± 1.7 mm at an immediate postoperative period but decreased to 10.1 ± 1.6 mm during follow-up (p < 0.001). SCSA increased from 96.9 ± 54.9 to 136.0 ± 72.7 mm
conclusionOLIF could decompress the spinal canal and foraminal canal indirectly. Despite the diminishing disc height during the follow-up period, the spinal canal was further increased in size from the remodeling of the ligamentum flavum.
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