Open AccessMRI-Based Morphometric Study Regarding Operative Windows of Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Indian Population
Author(s) -
Rahul Kaul,
KM Prasanna Kumar,
Madhan Jeyaraman,
Bharat Goswami,
Milind Chandra Choudhary,
Harvinder Singh Chhabra,
Sudhir Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.1007/s43465-021-00393-7
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , lumbar , oblique case , nuclear medicine , population , radiology , philosophy , linguistics , environmental health
The novel Oblique lumbar interbody fusion [OLIF] technique has been proposed as a solution to approach related complications of anterior lumbar interbody fusion [ALIF] and lateral lumbar interbody fusion [LLIF]. There exists no study concerning morphological evaluation of retroperitoneal oblique corridor for the Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) technique in the Indian population. The aim of our study was (a) to measure magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based anatomic parameters concerning OLIF operative windows from L2-L3 to L4-L5 level (b) to determine the feasibility of this technique following MRI-based morphometric evaluation in the Indian population.