Acute Paraparesis Due to Protrusion of a Disc Following Lateral Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Kyphoscoliosis: A Case Report.

Surawut Ruchirawan Nobuyuki Fujita Mitsuru Yagi Osahiko Tsuji Eijiro Okada Narihito NagoshiKen IshiiMasaya NakamuraMorio Matsumoto Kota Watanabe

Published in: JBJS case connector (2020)

Because posteriorly placed extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) cages can be a risk factor for disc protrusion into the spinal canal, computed tomographic evaluation or prophylactic posterior decompression should be considered before the correction procedure.

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