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  • Title: Correction of lumbar coronal plane deformity using unilateral cage placement.
    Author: Heary RF, Karimi RJ.
    Journal: Neurosurg Focus; 2010 Mar; 28(3):E10. PubMed ID: 20192720.
    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.
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