Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11434/1041
Title: Maintenance of segmental lordosis and disk height in stand-alone and instrumented extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF).
Epworth Authors: Malham, Gregory
Blecher, Carl
Other Authors: Ellis, Ngaire
Parker, Rhiannon
White, Rohen
Goss, Ben
Seex, Kevin
Keywords: Radiographic Outcomes
Clinical Outcomes
Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
Lumbar Lordosis
XLIF
Fixation Algorithm
Visual Analogue Scale
Oswestry Disability Index
Physical Component Scores
Mental Component Scores
Segmental Lordosis
Treatments
Fixation Type
Stand-Alone XLIF
Patient Outcomes
Supplemental Fixation
Clinical Benefits
Global Lumbar Lordosis
Posterior Disk Height
ODI
Physical Component Scores
PCS
Mental Component Score
MCS
SF-36
Neurosciences Clinical Institute, Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia
Epworth Medical Imaging, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: Mar-2017
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
Citation: Clin Spine Surg. 2017 Mar;30(2):E90-E98.
Abstract: STUDY DESIGN: A prospective single-surgeon nonrandomized clinical study. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the radiographic and clinical outcomes, by fixation type, in extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) patients and provide an algorithm for determining patients suitable for stand-alone XLIF. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: XLIF may be supplemented with pedicle screw fixation, however, since stabilizing structures remain intact, it is suggested that stand-alone XLIF can be used for certain indications. This eliminates the associated morbidity, though subsidence rates may be elevated, potentially minimizing the clinical benefits. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A fixation algorithm was developed after evaluation of patient outcomes from the surgeon's first 30 cases. This algorithm was used prospectively for 40 subsequent patients to determine the requirement for supplemental fixation. Preoperative, postoperative, and 12-month follow-up computed tomography scans were measured for segmental and global lumbar lordosis and posterior disk height. Clinical outcome measures included back and leg pain (visual analogue scale), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and SF-36 physical and mental component scores (PCS and MCS). RESULTS: Preoperatively to 12-month follow-up there were increases in segmental lordosis (7.9-9.4 degrees, P=0.0497), lumbar lordosis (48.8-55.2 degrees, P=0.0328), and disk height (3.7-5.5 mm, P=0.0018); there were also improvements in back (58.6%) and leg pain (60.0%), ODI (44.4%), PCS (56.7%), and MCS (16.1%) for stand-alone XLIF. For instrumented XLIF, segmental lordosis (7.6-10.5 degrees, P=0.0120) and disk height (3.5-5.6 mm, P<0.001) increased, while lumbar lordosis decreased (51.1-45.8 degrees, P=0.2560). Back (49.8%) and leg pain (30.8%), ODI (32.3%), PCS (37.4%), and MCS (2.0%) were all improved. Subsidence occurred in 3 (7.5%) stand-alone patients. CONCLUSIONS: The XLIF treatment fixation algorithm provided a clinical pathway to select suitable patients for stand-alone XLIF. These patients achieved positive clinical outcomes, satisfactory fusion rates, with sustained correction of lordosis and restoration of disk height.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11434/1041
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3182aa4c94
PubMed URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28207620
ISSN: 2380-0186
2380-0194
Journal Title: Clinical Spine Surgery
Type: Journal Article
Affiliated Organisations: Neurosurgery Department, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: Prospective Study
Appears in Collections:Diagnostic Services
Musculoskeletal
Neurosciences

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