Radiographic Study of Lumbar Sympathetic Trunk in Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion Surgery

World Neurosurgery
Hongli WangJianyuan Jiang

Abstract

Oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) surgery provides a convenient and minimal access to the lesion disc with few complications; however, the left lumbar sympathetic trunk (LST) lies in the surgical field with a certain incidence of injury. The aim of this study was to describe the anatomic structures of the left LST at risk for injury during OLIF at different lumbar segment levels based on radiologic evaluations. Forty-four healthy young people (22 men and 22 women) were recruited, and routine lumbar magnetic resonance radiograph was performed. The LST, abdominal aorta (AA), and psoas muscle (PM) were observed, and all parameters were acquired using axial T2-weighted turbo spin echo sequence images. Independent-samples t test, 1-way analysis of variance test, and Least significant difference test were used to explore the LST's tract and the anatomic relationship with the adjacent anatomic landmarks at different levels. The distance from the left lateral border of the AA to the anterior medial border of the left PM was significantly narrowing from the L2-3 to L4-5 segment levels (13.72 ± 3.00, 11.78 ± 2.69, and 9.18 ± 3.43 mm). The distance from the left lateral border of the AA to the left LST was also significantly decreas...Continue Reading

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