scholarly journals New Intramuscular Electromyographic Monitoring with a Probe in Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-111
Author(s):  
Shigeto Ebata ◽  
Tetsuro Ohba ◽  
Hirotaka Haro
Keyword(s):  
Interbody Fusion ◽  
Lumbar Interbody Fusion ◽  
Fusion Surgery ◽  
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Vasculopathy, Ischemia, and the Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. e41-e45
Author(s):  
David W. Allison ◽  
Richard T. Allen ◽  
David D. Kohanchi ◽  
Collin B. Skousen ◽  
Yu-Po Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interbody Fusion ◽  
Lumbar Interbody Fusion ◽  
Fusion Surgery ◽  
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Femoral Nerve Neuromonitoring for Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin W. Silverstein ◽  
Jon Block ◽  
Michael L. Smith ◽  
David A. Bomback ◽  
Scott Sanderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interbody Fusion ◽  
Femoral Nerve ◽  
Lumbar Interbody Fusion ◽  
Fusion Surgery ◽  
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion

scholarly journals Symptomatic contralateral osteophyte fracture with migration causing lumbar plexopathy during oblique lumbar interbody fusion: illustrative case

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenton Pennicooke ◽  
Jeremy Guinn ◽  
Dean Chou
Keyword(s):  
Interbody Fusion ◽  
Psoas Muscle ◽  
Surgical Excision ◽  
Contralateral Side ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Lumbar Interbody Fusion ◽  
Fusion Surgery ◽  
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion ◽  
Bony Fragment ◽  
Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion

BACKGROUND While performing lateral lumbar interbody fusion surgery, one of the surgical goals is to release the contralateral side with a Cobb elevator, allowing distraction of the interbody space. Many times, there are large osteophytes on the contralateral side, and the osteophytes can be split open with the Cobb or blunt instrument. It is extremely rare for the actual osteophyte to break off from the vertebral body into the contralateral psoas muscle and lumbar plexus. OBSERVATIONS The authors report a case of symptomatic lumbar plexopathy caused by an osteophyte fracture after an oblique lumbar interbody fusion requiring a right-sided anterior approach to excise the bony fragment. They illustrate the case with imaging that the radiologist did not comment on, and they also show a video of the surgical excision of the osteophyte through a right-sided anterior lumbar retroperitoneal approach. The authors also show how the patient had spontaneous right-sided electromyography (EMG) firing before excision of the osteophyte and how the EMG firing resolved after excision. LESSONS Although the literature is plentiful with regard to ipsilateral approach–related complications, the authors discuss the literature with regard to contralateral complications after minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion.

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