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Uniportal Full Endoscopic Posterolateral Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Published on: June 6, 2025
Modified far lateral endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using a biportal endoscopic approach:
Dong Hwa Heo1, Jin Hwa Eum2, Jae Young Jo1
1Department of Neurosurgery and Orthopedics, Endoscopic Spine Surgery Center, Seoul Bumin Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Background:
Endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) has the disadvantage of the small cage size and by consequence risk for cage subsidence. We succeeded to insert a large oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) cage during biportal endoscopic TLIF.
Methods:
Unilateral total facetectomy was performed to expose the exiting and traversing nerve roots. The distance between the exiting and traversing nerve roots was measured before OLIF cage insertion. We inserted an OLIF cage instead of a TLIF cage.
Conclusion:
We successfully performed modified far lateral biportal endoscopic TLIF using large OLIF cages. Modified far lateral biportal endoscopic TLIF is usually suitable for the L4-5 and L5-S1 levels.
