Troy Q Tabarestani, David S Salven, David A W Sykes, Anas M Bardeesi, Alyssa M Bartlett, Timothy Y Wang, Mounica R Paturu, Christopher F Dibble, Christopher I Shaffrey, Wilson Z Ray, John H Chi, Walter F Wiggins, Muhammad M Abd-El-Barr
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There has been a rise in minimally invasive methods to access the intervertebral disk space posteriorly given their decreased tissue destruction, lower blood loss, and earlier return to work. Two such options include the percutaneous lumbar interbody fusion through the Kambin triangle and the endoscopic transfacet approach. However, without accurate preoperative visualization, these approaches carry risks of damaging surrounding structures, especially the nerve roots...
December 27, 2023: Operative Neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)