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ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2023

Early outcomes of oblique lateral interbody fusion with posterior fixation versus posterior interbody fusion with fixation for treating adult degenerative scoliosis.

Xiangyu Li, Xiaolong Chen, Yu Wang, Ashish D Diwan, Shibao Lu

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Article in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Core offset distance: a novel metric for regional imbalance and its association with postoperative coronal malalignment in degenerative lumbar scoliosis.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 · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiangyu Li *Department of Orthopedics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, No.45 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
Xiaolong Chen *Department of Orthopedics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, No.45 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
Yu WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, No.45 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
Ashish D DiwanSt. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Level 3, WR Pitney Building, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW, 2217, Australia. a.diwan@spine-service.org.
Shibao LuDepartment of Orthopedics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, No.45 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China. shibaolu@xwh.ccmu.edu.cn.
Capital Medical University · CNNational Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases · CNSutherland Hospital · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare the surgical trauma and outcomes between oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) and posterior fixation and posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) with fixation for adult degenerative scoliosis (ADS).

methodsWe included ADS patients who underwent OLIF with fixation or PLIF with fixation treatment from June 2020 to December 2022. The preoperative and postoperative spinal pelvic parameters were measured using X-rays. Clinical symptoms were measured using the Oswestry Disability Index and a visual analog scale. We recorded operation time, intraoperative blood loss, blood transfusion, albumin infusion, surgical fixation segment, surgical osteotomy segment, time, and drainage volume.

resultsForty patients with ADS were included: 20 with OLIF with posterior fixation and 20 with PLIF matched for age, sex, pelvic incidence, and Cobb angle with the OLIF group. There were no significant differences in age, gender, BMI, preoperative spinal parameters, or preoperative clinical symptoms between the groups (p > 0.05). There were no statistical differences in postoperative spinal parameters or clinical symptoms (p > 0.05). Patients in the OLIF group had less intraoperative blood loss (p < 0.01) and fewer intraoperative blood transfusions (p < 0.001) than the posterior surgery group. The number of fixed segments was fewer (p < 0.01), and there were fewer total osteotomy segments (p < 0.001).

conclusionOLIF with posterior fixation surgery can achieve the same corrective effect and efficacy as a posterior internal fusion with fixation surgery for treating ADS. OLIF with posterior fixation surgery causes less trauma and reduces the number of fixation segments.

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ScoliosisSpinal FusionAdultBlood Loss, SurgicalHumansLumbar VertebraeRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeAdult degenerative scoliosisOblique lateral interbody fusionPosterior interbody fusionSurgical trauma

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