Surgical Treatment of Andersson Lesion of the Lumbar Spine with Minimal Invasion: A Case Report

September 29, 2022

Case Reports

doi: 10.1111/os.13426.

Online ahead of print.

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Hong Zhou et al.

Orthop Surg.

2022.

Abstract

We present a 37-year-old female patient with AL of lumbar spine (L3-4) treated by OLIF combined with pedicle screw fixation (via Wiltse paraspinal approach) with relatively minimal invasion.

Keywords:

Andersson lesion; Ankylosing spondylitis; Case report; Minimal invasion; Oblique lateral interbody fusion.

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