Objective: To study efficacy of minimally invasive oblique lumbar interbody fusion (MIS OLIF) to achieve indirect decompression in degenerative lumbar spine disorders. To find out amount of indirect decompression achieved by assessing clinical and radiological outcomes. To find...
Objective: While the utility of 16 mm and 18 mm diameter tubular-retractors in the management of prolapsed intervertebral-disc is well-established, there is no published literature on the use of 14 mm tube. The aim of this study is to retrospectively analyze the feasibility and...
Objective: Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is a common complication of metastatic disease with neurological morbidity in the thoracic and upper lumbar spine. We describe a modified rib-sparing direct lateral minimally invasive (MIS) approach. for the purpose of...
Objective: Novel minimally invasive surgery (MIS) approaches and instrumentation such as cortical screws (CS) have recently become commonplace for treating spinal disease. CS comparability to pedicle screws (PS) with respect to safety and mechanical stability, however, have yet...
