Anatomic Considerations in the Lateral Transpsoas Interbody Fusion

Autor: Wellington K. Hsu, Andrew P. Alvarez, Sean M. Mitchell, Ryan D. Freshman, Sohaib Z. Hashmi, Charles Qin, Justin T. Smith, Andrew D. Schneider, Harry T. Mai
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Clinical Spine Surgery: A Spine Publication. 32:215-221
ISSN: 2380-0186
DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000000760
Popis: STUDY DESIGN This is a retrospective case series. OBJECTIVE Define the anatomic variations and the risk factors for such within the operative corridor of the transpsoas lateral interbody fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The lateral interbody fusion approach has recently been associated with devastating complications such as injury to the lumbosacral plexus, surrounding vasculature, and bowel. A more comprehensive understanding of anatomic structures in relation to this approach using preoperative imaging would help surgeons identify high-risk patients potentially minimizing these complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS Age-sex distributed, naive lumbar spine magnetic resonance imagings (n=180) were used to identify the corridor for the lateral lumbar interbody approach using axial images. Bilateral measurements were taken from L1-S1 to determine the locations of critical vascular, intraperitoneal, and muscular structures. In addition, a subcohort of scoliosis patients (n=39) with a Cobb angle >10 degrees were identified and compared. RESULTS Right-sided vascular anatomy was significantly more variant than left (9.9% vs. 5.7%; P=0.001). There were 9 instances of "at-risk" vasculature on the right side compared with 0 on the left (P=0.004). Age increased vascular anatomy variance bilaterally, particularly in the more caudal levels (P≤0.001). A "rising-psoas sign" was observed in 26.1% of patients. Bowel was identified within the corridor in 30.5% of patients and correlated positively with body mass index (P
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