Comparison of serum markers for muscle damage, surgical blood loss, postoperative recovery, and surgical site pain after extreme lateral interbody fusion with percutaneous pedicle screws or traditional open posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Comparison of serum markers for muscle damage, surgical blood loss, postoperative recovery, and surgical site pain after extreme lateral interbody fusion with percutaneous pedicle screws or traditional open posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Abstract Background The benefits of extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) as a minimally invasive lumbar spinal fusion treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis have been unclear. We sought to evaluate the invasiveness and tolerability of XLIF with percutaneous pedicle screws (PPS) compa...

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Main Authors: Tetsuro Ohba, Shigeto Ebata, Hirotaka Haro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis
Extreme lateral interbody fusion
Percutaneous pedicle screws
Minimally invasive surgery
Muscle damage
Low back pain
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-017-1775-y

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