Abstract Background Context Recently, a single position lumbar fusion has been described
in which both the anterior or lateral interbody fusion as well as posterior percutaneous …

OBJECTIVE Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is a workhorse surgical approach for
lumbar arthrodesis. There is growing interest in techniques for performing single-position …

Introduction Among the interbody fusions, lateral lumbar interbody fusion allows access to
the lumbar spine through the major psoas muscle, which offers several advantages to the …

Study Design Cadaveric study. Objective To compare the position of the femoral nerve
within the lumbar plexus at the L4-L5 disc space in the lateral decubitus vs prone position …

Introduction This is the first study to compare the prone transpsoas (PTP) approach for
lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) …

Introduction Lumbar interbody fusion is a standard method to treat certain degenerative
conditions that are refractory to conservative treatments. LLIF reduces posterior muscle …

Background The lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) was a revolutionary approach
devised by Luiz Pimenta that allowed the surgeon to access the lumbar spine through the …

Purpose To provide definitions and a conceptual framework for single position surgery
(SPS) applied to circumferential fusion of the lumbar spine. Methods Narrative literature …

Background Prone transpsoas lateral lumbar interbody fusion (PTP-LLIF) is a recently
introduced modification to standard LLIF. To date, no study has compared the radiographic …

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper was to evaluate the changes in radiographic spinopelvic
parameters in a large cohort of patients undergoing the prone transpsoas approach to the …