• Mingyuan Yang, Lianjie Pu, Shu Liu, Canglong Hou, Xiaolong Li, Bo Li, Zebin Huang, Yuanjin Song, Ming Li, Yushu Bai, and NingFang Mao.
• Department of Orthopaedics, Changhai Hospital, Navy Medical University, Shanghai, China.
• Eur Spine J. 2024 Jan 1; 33 (1): 339355339-355.

PurposeWe present for the first time a novel entry point of pedicle screws (Short Rod Technique, SRT), which can avoid superior facet violation and has been verified as a safe screw placement method. The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical outcomes of SRT in posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) surgery.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical outcomes of 89 patients who received SRT and 109 patients who received PLIF surgery with regular entry points of pedicle screws with a minimum of 2 years of follow-ups. Patients were divided into three groups according to the number of fusion segments, and the clinical outcomes of the three groups were compared.ResultsThe length of the wound and the length of rods were significantly shorter in the each SRT group. Less intraoperative blood loss was observed in the SRT group in patients with a single segment and two segments fusions, but not in three segments fusions. Fewer degenerations of the upper adjacent segment were observed in the SRT group in patients with a single segment and three segments fusions. In addition, less postoperative wound pain related to PLIF surgery was observed in the SRT group in patients with two and three segments fusions.ConclusionSRT has been validated as an effective technique with good clinical outcomes, especially for reducing the occurrence of upper ASD in PLIF surgery with a single segment and three segments. The present study provides spinal surgeons with a novel method for performing PLIF surgery.© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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