Minimally Invasive Lateral Access Surgery and Reoperation Rates: A Multi-Institution Retrospective Review of 2060 Patients
Nayar G, Wang T, Sankey EW, Berry-Candelario J, Elsamadicy AA, Back A, Karikari I, Isaacs R. Minimally Invasive Lateral Access Surgery and Reoperation Rates: A Multi-Institution Retrospective Review of 2060 Patients. World Neurosurgery 2018, 116: e744-e749. PMID: 29787875, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRate of reoperationLateral access surgeryLumbar spine surgeryMore comorbiditiesSurgical approachSpine surgeryDecompressive lumbar spine surgeryElective lumbar spinal surgeryMulti-institution retrospective reviewAccess surgeryLower body mass indexLumbar spinal surgeryBody mass indexOpen posterior approachHealth care systemOnly significant predictorAdditional readmissionsLT cohortOP cohortOP surgeryReoperation ratePatient demographicsSurgical complicationsRetrospective reviewMass index