Navigation-assisted fluoroscopy in minimally invasive direct lateral interbody fusion: a cadaveric study

JE Webb, GJ Regev, SR Garfin… - International Journal of …, 2010 - ijssurgery.com
Background Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is dependent on intraoperative fluoroscopic
imaging for visualization, which significantly increases exposure to radiation. Navigation …

Use of 3D CT-based navigation in minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion

JR Joseph, BW Smith, RD Patel, P Park - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is an increasingly popular technique
used to treat degenerative lumbar disease. The technique of using an intraoperative cone …

[HTML][HTML] Surgeon, staff, and patient radiation exposure in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: impact of 3D fluoroscopy-based navigation …

U Hubbe, R Sircar, C Scheiwe, C Scholz, E Kogias… - Trials, 2015 - Springer
Background Some symptomatic degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine may be treated
with spinal fusion if conservative treatment has failed. The minimally invasive technique of …

Analysis of intraoperative cone-beam computed tomography combined with image guidance for lateral lumbar interbody fusion

X Liu, JR Joseph, BW Smith, Y Saadeh… - Operative …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is traditionally
performed with biplanar fluoroscopy. Recent literature demonstrates that intraoperative cone …

Navigation makes transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion less invasive

Y Wang, Y Hu, H Liu, C Li, H Li, X Yi - Orthopedics, 2016 - journals.healio.com
The current study presents a navigated transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)
technique that requires only a 4-cm incision to accomplish a single-level TLIF. The authors …

[HTML][HTML] Free-Hand MIS TLIF without 3D Navigation—How to Achieve Low Radiation Exposure for Both Surgeon and Patient

R Doria-Medina, U Hubbe, C Scholz, R Sircar… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is one of the most frequently
performed spinal fusion techniques, and this minimally invasive (MIS) approach has …

Three-dimensional computed tomography-based spinal navigation in minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion: feasibility, technique, and initial results

P Park - Operative Neurosurgery, 2015 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: As with most minimally invasive spine procedures, lateral lumbar interbody
fusion (LLIF) requires the use of biplanar fluoroscopy for localization and safe interbody …

[HTML][HTML] The navigated oblique lumbar interbody fusion: accuracy rate, effect on surgical time, and complications

Z Xi, D Chou, PV Mummaneni, S Burch - Neurospine, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective The oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) can be done with either fluoroscopy or
navigation. However, it is unclear how navigation affects the overall flow of the procedure …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation dose reduction and surgical efficiency improvement in endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion assisted by intraoperative O-arm …

J Gong, X Huang, L Luo, H Liu, H Wu, Y Tan, C Li… - Neurospine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (Endo-TLIF) has gained
increasing popularity among spine surgeons. However, with the use of fluoroscopy …

Cone beam intraoperative computed tomography-based image guidance for minimally invasive transforaminal interbody fusion

M Safaee, T Oh, M Pekmezci, AJ Clark - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2019 - jove.com
Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is commonly used for the treatment of spinal
stenosis, degenerative disc disease, and spondylolisthesis. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) …