ArticleNorth American Spine Society journal2023
Factors affecting successful immediate indirect decompression in oblique lateral interbody fusion in lumbar spinal stenosis patients.
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- Efficacy of Indirect Decompression by Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Ligamentotaxis in Minimally Invasive Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion (MIS-OLIF) Without Posterior Decompression for Degenerative Lumbar Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Single-position robot-assisted lateral lumbar corpectomy with minimally invasive posterior spinal fusion for traumatic burst fracture showing MRI-demonstrated indirect decompression: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
- The iLLIF score: a predictive success scoring system for indirect decompression in lateral lumbar interbody fusion.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Early pain relief and segmental realignment after two-stage lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) with posterior instrumentation in degenerative lumbar pathology.Neurosurgical review · 2026Article
- A Novel Concept and 3D Coupler for Robotic Correction of Spinal Deformities: In Vitro Experimental Testing.International journal of spine surgery · 2026Article
- Predictors of Cage Subsidence After Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- An optimal disc height changes for successful indirect decompression with OLIF.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Assessment of Injury Incidence and Radiological Outcomes in OLIF L5/S1: Iliac Bifurcation Versus Prepsoas Approach.Korean journal of neurotrauma · 2025Article
- Comparative Review of Lateral and Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Technique, Outcomes, and Complications.International journal of spine surgery · 2025Article
- Factors affecting outcomes of indirect decompression after oblique and lateral lumbar interbody fusions.World journal of orthopedics · 2025Article
- Factors that influence the results of indirect decompression employing oblique lumbar interbody fusion.World journal of orthopedics · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) offers indirect decompression of stenotic lesions of the spinal canal and foramen through immediate disc height restoration. Only a few studies have reported the effect of cage position and associated intraoperatively modifiable factors for successful immediate indirect decompression following OLIF surgery. This study aimed to investigate the intraoperatively modifiable factors for successful radiological outcomes of OLIF. Methods: This study included 46 patients with 80 surgical levels who underwent OLIF without direct posterior decompression. Preoperative and postoperative radiological parameters were evaluated and intraoperatively modifiable radiologic parameters for successful immediate radiologic decompression on magnetic resonance image (MRI) were determined. Radiologic parameters were preoperative and postoperative radiological parameters including anterior disc height (ADH), posterior disc height (PDH) lumbar lordotic angle (LLA), segmental lordotic angle (SLA), foraminal height (FH), cage position, cross-sectional area (CSA) of the thecal sac, cross-sectional foraminal area (CSF), facet distance (FD). Results: All radiologic outcomes significantly improved. Comparing preoperative and postoperative values, mean CSA increased from 99.63±40.21 mm Conclusions: OLIF provided satisfactory immediate indirect decompression in central and foraminal spinal stenosis. Moreover, intraoperative surgical technique for successful radiologic CSF and FH improvement included restoration of the PDH and placement of the cage in the middle.
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