Spine
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Review
Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a review of techniques and outcomes.
Review of published literature. ⋯ More studies designed to provide class I or II data will be needed in the future to further solidify the favorable results observed so far with the MIS TLIF procedure.
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This is a case series studying the efficacy of concomitant inhalational anesthesia and transcranial electrical motor-evoked potential (tceMEP) monitoring in spinal deformity surgery. ⋯ Although isoflurane and nitrous oxide diminish tceMEP responses, reliable monitoring can still be accomplished while using significant levels of inhalational anesthetic agents.
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Prospective registry. ⋯ The mini-open lateral approach for thoracic and lumbar corpectomy was shown to be safe and effective in this series while avoiding many of the associated morbidities of thoracotomies for anterior column reconstruction and open posterior approaches.
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Prospective nonrandomized clinical study on the decompressive effect of the extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) procedure. ⋯ The XLIF procedure provides the necessary decompression for the treatment of central and/orlateral stenosis in a minimally disruptive way, avoiding, in most cases, the need for the direct resection of posterior elements and associated morbidities. Indirect decompression may be limited in cases of congenital stenosis and/or locked facets. Its effect may also be reduced by postoperative subsidence and/or loss of correction.
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Prospective cohort study. ⋯ In conclusion, the rate of detecting spondylodiscitis infection was very high if FDG-PET was additionally used. FDG-PET is recommended to distinguish between common Modic change and spinal infection.