Ten-step technique for navigated tubular transforaminal and extraforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

ABSTRACT: Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (mTLIF) is an effective technique for treating degenerative lumbar spinal disorders that have failed nonoperative interventions and require fusion with or without decompression. mTLIF is technically challenging and requires significant experience with percutaneous instrumentation and microsurgical decompression techniques, which contributes to variability among surgeons and a challenging learning curve. Based on our extensive experience, we present a ten-step technique for performing mTLIF that integrates advanced technologies to enhance safety, efficiency, and reproducibility, and describe minimally invasive extraforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (mELIF), an intertransverse approach that serves as a valuable alternative-particularl

SUBMITTER: Kartal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12775621 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature