Intraoperative and early postoperative complications in extreme lateral interbody fusion: an analysis of 600 cases

WB Rodgers, EJ Gerber, J Patterson - Spine, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective analysis of 600 extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) approach
procedures for intraoperative and perioperative complications. Objective. To delineate and …

A prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter evaluation of extreme lateral interbody fusion for the treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis: perioperative outcomes and …

RE Isaacs, J Hyde, JA Goodrich, WB Rodgers… - Spine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective multicenter nonrandomized institutional review board-approved
observational study of clinical and radiographic outcomes of the extreme lateral interbody …

Dynamically evoked, discrete-threshold electromyography in the extreme lateral interbody fusion approach

AG Tohmeh, WB Rodgers, MD Peterson - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2011 - thejns.org
Object Because the psoas muscle, which contains nerves of the lumbar plexus, is traversed
during the extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) approach, appropriate nerve monitoring is …

Adult degenerative scoliosis treated with XLIF: clinical and radiographical results of a prospective multicenter study with 24-month follow-up

FM Phillips, RE Isaacs, WB Rodgers, K Khajavi… - Spine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective, multicenter, single-arm study. Objective. The objective of this
study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographical results of patients undergoing extreme …

Lumbar fusion in octogenarians: the promise of minimally invasive surgery

WB Rodgers, EJ Gerber, JA Rodgers - Spine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Rodgers serves as a consultant to NuVasive. He is an … Rodgers has additional current
industry relationships not … Rodgers reports former industry relationships, which again is also not …

Minimally invasive spine surgery

…, S Garfin, RT Allen, WB Rodgers, L Pimenta, W Taylor - Spine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
There were several unifying themes that emerged from the peer-review discussion of the
articles in this Focus issue on minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery. Although it is somewhat …

Outpatient minimally invasive lumbar interbody: fusion predictive factors and clinical results

…, RNW Wohns, G Christian, EJ Rodgers, WB Rodgers - Spine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review of data from a prospective patient outcomes registry.
Objective. The object of this work was to examine patient and surgical predictors of early …

An attempt at clinically defining and assessing minimally invasive surgery compared with traditional “open” spinal surgery

PC McAfee, SR Garfin, WB Rodgers, RT Allen… - SAS journal, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The goal of this editorial and literature review is to define the term “minimally
invasive surgery” (MIS) as it relates to the spine and characterize methods of measuring …

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (DW-MR) neurography of the lumbar plexus in the preoperative planning of lateral access lumbar surgery

…, HL Defino, MA Ferreira Júnior, WB Rodgers… - European Spine …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Magnetic resonance (MR) neurography has been used to evaluate entire nerves
and nerve bundles by providing better contrast between the nerves and the surrounding …

Clinical and radiographic outcomes of extreme lateral approach to interbody fusion with β-tricalcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite composite for lumbar degenerative …

WB Rodgers, EJ Gerber, JA Rodgers - International Journal of Spine …, 2012 - ijssurgery.com
Background Historically, iliac crest bone graft has been used as the graft of choice for
lumbar spine fusion procedures. Because fusion techniques have become less invasive, the …