title: Correction of lumbar coronal plane deformity using unilateral cage placement.
abstract: The authors describe a surgical technique for the correction of symptomatic degenerative lumbar scoliosis. Using a single, unilateral, interbody cage placed on the concave side of the coronal deformity, combined with a dorsal decompression and instrumented posterolateral fusion, this technique has resulted in excellent curve correction, fusion results, and clinical outcomes in a series of 4 patients. Each of these patients presented with intractable, axial low-back pain and symptomatic unilateral nerve root compression on the concave side of a lumbar scoliotic deformity. The management is described in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA. heary@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Heary
authors.forename: Reza J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Karimi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001915:Braces; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome