Martin H. Pham, MD,1 Andre M. Jakoi, MD,2 and Patrick C. Hsieh, MD1
Departments of 1Neurosurgery and 2Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Lumbar interbody fusion is an important technique for the treatment of degenerative disc disease and degenerative scoliosis. The oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) establishes a minimally invasive retroperitoneal exposure anterior to the psoas and lumbar plexus. In this video case presentation, the authors demonstrate the techniques of the OLIF at L5–S1 performed on a 69-year-old female with degenerative scoliosis as one component of an overall strategy for her deformity correction. |