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Author Spotlight: Scope of LE-ULBD as a Safe, Effective, and Minimally Invasive Approach to Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Published on: February 9, 2024
How I do it: bilateral lumbar spinal canal microsurgical decompression via unilateral approach
Igor Borshchenko1,2, Abram Gulzatyan3, Roman Kartavykh4
1N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine of Moscow Healthcare Department, 3 Bolshaya Sukharevskaya Square, Moscow, Russia, 129090. borsh2001@gmail.com.
Background:
Bilateral lumbar spinal canal decompression via unilateral approach is a surgical way to treat degenerative spinal canal stenosis.
Method:
We report the treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal canal stenosis by removing overgrown ligaments, bone, and other compromising tissue on both sides of the spinal canal, using one side approach, avoiding surgical trauma of the counter side of the spine.
Conclusion:
This technique allows to achieve perfect results using common microsurgical instruments and Caspar distractor for one or multilevel surgery.
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