[Results of minimally invasive lumbar fusion in professional athletes: a single-center retrospective study].

Vadim A Byvaltsev Andrei A Kalinin Valerii V Shepelev Yurii Ya Pestryakov Marat A Aliyev N A Konovalov

Published in: Zhurnal voprosy neirokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko (2021)

Minimally invasive short-segment lumbar interbody fusion in professional athletes is characterized by low risk of fixation element failure, no significant degeneration of adjacent level and postoperative muscle atrophy. This procedure ensures early rehabilitation and returning to sports.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
high school
robot assisted
patients undergoing
skeletal muscle