PMID: 11319424Apr 25, 2001Paper

One-segment interbody lumbar arthrodesis using impacted cages: posterior unilateral approach versus posterior bilateral approach

Revue de chirurgie orthopédique et réparatrice de l'appareil moteur
J Commarmond

Abstract

We assessed the relative advantages of unilateral versus bilateral posterior approaches for lumbar spine fusion. Eighty-three patients who underwent lumbar spine fusion via a bilateral posterior approach and who had reached more than two years follow-up were compared with 80 patients who had undergone the same procedure via a unilateral posterior approach, including 54 with a follow-up greater than one year and 24 greater than two years. Most cases were L4-L5 fusions for degenerative spondylolisthesis or recurrent discal herniation with instability. Two composite carbon cages were filled with autologous cancellous bone. The key to the unilateral approach was the comfortable exposure of the disc by lamino-arthectomy; the osteosynthesis could then be performed unilaterally if only one gutter was opened. We measured bleeding and operative time to quantify surgical difficulty. At one year we assessed disc height, lordosis, frontal balance, and fusion of the operated disk. At two years, we assessed lombalgia and sciatalgia [scored from 4 (none) to 0 (intolerable)], subjective outcome, and recovery of former activity level. Mean blood loss and operative time were 360 ml and 162 min for the 83 classical procedures and 216 ml and 118 m...Continue Reading

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