PMID- 20077374
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100329
LR  - 20141120
IS  - 1439-2291 (Electronic)
IS  - 0946-7211 (Linking)
VI  - 52
IP  - 5-6
DP  - 2009 Oct
TI  - Two-levels mini-open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: technical note.
PG  - 275-80
LID - 10.1055/s-0029-1239586 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Mini-open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (oTLIF), previously 
      described by Mummaneni et al., is a well-established technique that uses tubular 
      dilators and retractors for treatment of single-level lumbar spinal stenosis. 
      TECHNIQUE: We describe eight patients with two-level spinal stenosis who were 
      operated on with minimally invasive spinal arthrodesis via a transforaminal route 
      with the use of tubular retractors. This approach allowed us to obtain 
      double-level cages insertion in all patients, with direct visualization of 
      pedicular entry points and no screw malpositioning. CONCLUSION: The oTLIF 
      represents a good compromise in patients with two-level lumbar degenerative 
      disease deserving surgery. Compared to standard open TLIF, it is associated with 
      less postoperative muscular trauma, and faster recovery. This seems to be more 
      evident in that category of patients in whom open approaches need longer 
      incisions and more muscular fiber splitting. Compared to percutaneous TLIF 
      (pTLIF), it allows for bilateral root decompression in every case. Bilateral cage 
      insertion was also possible with this technique.
FAU - Scarone, P
AU  - Scarone P
AD  - Department of Neurosurgery, Hopital Foch, Suresnes, France. 
      pietroscarone@yahoo.it
FAU - Lepeintre, J F
AU  - Lepeintre JF
FAU - Bennis, S
AU  - Bennis S
FAU - Aldea, S
AU  - Aldea S
FAU - Dupuy, M
AU  - Dupuy M
FAU - Gaillard, S
AU  - Gaillard S
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20100114
PL  - Germany
TA  - Minim Invasive Neurosurg
JT  - Minimally invasive neurosurgery : MIN
JID - 9440973
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Bone Screws
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lumbar Vertebrae/*surgery
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/*methods
MH  - Spinal Fusion/instrumentation/*methods
MH  - Spinal Stenosis/*surgery
EDAT- 2010/01/16 06:00
MHDA- 2010/03/30 06:00
CRDT- 2010/01/16 06:00
PHST- 2010/01/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/01/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/03/30 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1055/s-0029-1239586 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2009 Oct;52(5-6):275-80. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1239586. 
      Epub 2010 Jan 14.