• Eur Spine J · Feb 2017

    Endoscope-assisted oblique lumbar interbody fusion for the treatment of cauda equina syndrome: a technical note.

    • Jin-Sung Kim and Ji-Hoon Seong.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo Daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-701, South Korea. mddavidk@gmail.com.
    • Eur Spine J. 2017 Feb 1; 26 (2): 397-403.

    ObjectiveThe goal of this paper was to describe how endoscope-assisted oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) could remove huge lumbar disc herniation (HLDH) manifested with cauda equina syndrome (CES).MethodsIn this study, the authors made an attempt to treat CES with a direct endoscopic decompression through the OLIF corridor and performed OLIF in two patients with HLDH.ResultsTwo patients with HLDH were successfully treated using OLIF with spinal endoscopic discectomy. We achieved direct ventral decompression by removal of herniated disc fragments located beyond the posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL). All preoperative symptoms in two patients improved postoperatively.ConclusionsEndoscope-assisted oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) could successfully achieve neural decompression without additional posterior decompression in CES and could be used as an alternative treatment in well selected cases.

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