Prone Position for Preoperative Planning in Lumbar Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Fusion Procedures: Insights From a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Miguel Relvas-Silva; José Maria Matos Sousa; Daniel Dias; Bernardo Sousa Pinto; António Sousa; José Fonseca; Miguel Loureiro; André Rodrigues Pinho; Vitorino Veludo; António Serdoura; Maria Dulce Madeira; Pedro Alberto Pereira

doi:10.14444/8731

Article Information

vol. 19 no. 2 179-187

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14444/8731

PubMed

40174972

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International Journal of Spine Surgery

Online ISSN

2211-4599

History

Published online May 12, 2025.

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Miguel Relvas-Silva, MD1,2,3,4 ⇑,
José Maria Matos Sousa, MD5,
Daniel Dias, MD1,
Bernardo Sousa Pinto, MD, PhD6,7,
António Sousa, MD, PhD1,
José Fonseca, MD5,
Miguel Loureiro, MD1,8,
André Rodrigues Pinho, MD, PhD1,3,4,9,
Vitorino Veludo, MD1,
António Serdoura, MD1,
Maria Dulce Madeira, MD, PhD3,4,9 and
Pedro Alberto Pereira, PhD3,4,9

¹ Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, ULS São João, Porto, Portugal
² Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal
³ Unit of Anatomy, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal
⁴ NeuroGen Research Group, Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Rua Dr. Plácido da Costa, Porto, Portugal
⁵ Department of Neuroradiology, ULS São João, Porto, Portugal
⁶ MEDCIDS—Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
⁷ CINTESIS@RISE—Health Research Network, MEDCIDS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
⁸ Hospital das Forças Armadas, Porto, Portugal
⁹ CINTESIS@RISE, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal

Correspondence to Miguel Relvas-Silva, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal; mrelvas.silva{at}gmail.com

Author Contributions Study conception and design: all authors. Methodology: Miguel Silva, André Pinho, Maria Dulce Madeira, and Pedro Alberto Pereira. Material preparation and data collection and analysis: Miguel Silva, Daniel Dias, José Sousa, Vitorino Veludo, and Bernardo Sousa Pinto. Writing—original draft preparation: Miguel Silva, José Sousa, and Bernardo Sousa Pinto. Writing—review and editing: André Pinho, Miguel Loureiro, António Sousa, António Serdoura, José Fonseca, and Pedro Alberto Pereira. Supervision: Vitorino Veludo, Maria Dulce Madeira, and Pedro Alberto Pereira.

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