Background: Lateral access surgery (LAS) for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis is a
minimally invasive lumbar fusion technique which has been gaining increasing popularity in …

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study at a single institution. Objective: To examine the
effect of symptom duration on clinical outcomes after posterolateral lumbar fusion. Summary …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Lumbar spinal canal stenosis caused by degenerative lumbar
spondylolisthesis is one of the most common indications for spinal surgery. However, the …

Study Design: Prospective cohort study. Objective: The lateral transpsoas access is a
retroperitoneal approach for the lumbar spine to perform the lateral lumbar interbody fusion …

Background The goal of the current study was to compare the perioperative and post-
operative outcomes of eXtreme lateral trans-psoas approach (XLIF) versus anterior lumbar …

Study Design: Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective: The objective
of this study was to determine how different combinations of preoperative back pain (BP) …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Several minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion techniques
may be used as a treatment for spondylolisthesis to alleviate back and leg pain, improve …

Objectives To compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of oblique lateral lumbar
interbody fusion and minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in patients …

OBJECTIVE Recently, authors have called into question the utility and complication index of
the lateral lumbar interbody fusion procedure at the L4–5 level. Furthermore, the need for …

Study Design: This is a retrospective analysis. Objective: The purpose of this study was to
compare the clinical, radiographic, and perioperative complication profiles of performing an …