Yawara Eguchi, Noritaka Suzuki, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Miyako Narita, Yasuhiro Shiga, Masahiro Inoue, Noriyasu Toshi, Soichiro Tokeshi, Kohei Okuyama, Shuhei Ohyama, Satoshi Maki, Yasuchika Aoki, Junichi Nakamura, Shigeo Hagiwara, Yuya Kawarai, Tsutomu Akazawa, Masao Koda, Hiroshi Takahashi, Seiji Ohtori
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to evaluate, using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), patients who underwent oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) using either expandable or static interbody spacers. METHODS: Thirty-five patients with degenerative disc disease were surgically treated with one-level OLIF and were followed up for more than six months. The Static group consisted of 22 patients, and 13 patients were in the Expandable group...
March 15, 2024: World Neurosurgery