Lateral transpsoas lumbar interbody fusion: outcomes and deformity correction

Abstract

The lateral transpsoas approach for interbody fusion is a minimally invasive technique that has been gaining increasing popularity in the management of a variety of spinal degenerative disorders. Recently, there has been increasing utilization of this technique in the management of adult deformity. The authors present a review of the current evidence of using the lateral lumbar transpsoas approach in the correction of adult degenerative scoliosis.

Keywords: DLIF; Deformity; Direct lateral interbody fusion; Extreme lateral interbody fusion; Lateral transpsoas lumbar interbody fusion; Minimally invasive; XLIF.