CT navigated lateral interbody fusion

Doniel Drazin; John C Liu; Frank L Acosta Jr

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2012.12.028

CT navigated lateral interbody fusion

J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Oct;20(10):1438-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.12.028. Epub 2013 Aug 6.

Authors

Doniel Drazin¹, John C Liu, Frank L Acosta Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 23931938
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.12.028

Abstract

Lateral interbody fusion techniques are heavily reliant on fluoroscopy for retractor docking and graft placement, which expose both the patient and surgeon to high doses of radiation. Use of image-guided technologies with CT-based images, however, can eliminate this radiation exposure for the surgeon. We describe the surgical technique of performing lateral lumbar interbody fusion using CT navigation.

Keywords: CT navigated; DLIF; Direct lateral interbody fusion; Medtronic; O-Arm; XLIF.

MeSH terms

Bone Screws
Female
Fluoroscopy
Functional Laterality / physiology*
Humans
Male
Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Spinal Cord Diseases / surgery*
Spinal Fusion / methods*
Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed*
Treatment Outcome