Female Sex and Supine Proximal Lumbar Lordosis are Associated with the Size of the LLIF "Safe Zone" at L4-5.
Mitchell S FourmanRam Kiran AlluriJ Manuel SarmientoKeith LyonsFrancis LovecchioKasra AraghiSidhant DalalDan ShinnJunho SongPratyush ShahiDimitra MelissaridouJohn A CarrinoEvan ShehaSravisht IyerJames DowdellSheeraz A QureshiPublished in: Spine (2022)
Patient sex and proximal lumbar lordosis can serve as early indicators of the size of the femoral nerve safe zone during a transpsoas LLIF approach at L4-L5.