The anatomical positioning change of retroperitoneal organs in prone and lateral position: an assessment for single-prone position lateral lumbar surgery.
Yusuke DodoIchiro OkanoNeil A KellyHenryk HafferMaximilian MuellnerErika ChiapparelliJennifer ShueDarren R LeblFrank P CammisaFederico P GirardiAlexander P HughesGbolabo SokunbiAndrew A SamaPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)
The retroperitoneal organs shifted ventrally with prone positioning. However, the amount of shift was not large enough to avoid risk for organ injuries and substantial proportion of patients had organs within the cage insertion corridor. Careful preoperative planning is warranted when considering single-prone LLIF.