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Surgical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine

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Lateral retroperitoneal approach is mainly used to expose the vertebral bodies and anterolateral aspects of intervertebral discs at L1–L5 for lumbosacral surgery. Its indications include total or partial resection of a single lumbar vertebral body which is performed with bone grafting, anterior lumbar fusion, drainage of abscess in the psoas major muscle, dissection of an infectious lesion (especially tuberculosis) in a lumbar vertebral body, and resection of lumbar sympathetic ganglions. This approach can expose vertebral bodies and the lateral sides of intervertebral discs and avoid injury to the peritoneum and organs in the abdominal cavity at the same time.

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Shi, Jg., Yuan, W., Sun, Jc. (2018). Surgical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine. In: Shi, Jg., Yuan, W., Sun, Jc. (eds) Anatomy Atlas and Interpretation of Spine Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5906-3_4

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