Patient Perceptions of Paramedian Minimally Invasive Spine Skin Incisions.
Kimberly QuiringMorgan P LorioJorge Felipe Ramírez LeónPaulo Sérgio Teixeira de CarvalhoRossano Kepler Alvim FiorelliKai-Uwe LewandrowskiPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2023)
Patients do have opinions on the type of lumbar paramedian MIS skin incision used. It appears that younger patients and female patients worry most about how the incision on their back looks after surgery. A larger population of patients across many demographics is needed to validate these findings.