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Lateral transpsoas lumbar interbody fusion: outcomes and deformity correction
Nader S Dahdaleh1, Zachary A Smith1, Laura A Snyder2
1Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 North St Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Abstract:
The lateral transpsoas approach for interbody fusion is a minimally invasive technique that has been gaining increasing popularity in the management of a variety of spinal degenerative disorders. Recently, there has been increasing utilization of this technique in the management of adult deformity. The authors present a review of the current evidence of using the lateral lumbar transpsoas approach in the correction of adult degenerative scoliosis.

