TY - JOUR AU - Lavareda, Gonçalo AU - Tavares de Matos, Manuel PY - 2021/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Minimally Invasive Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion for the Treatment of Multilevel Degenerative Disc Disease: Review of the Surgical Technique Based on a Case Report JF - Lusiadas Scientific Journal JA - Lusíadas Sci J VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.48687/lsj.v2i1.55 UR - https://lusiadasscientificjournal.pt/index.php/lsj/article/view/55 SP - 36-41 AB - <p>The treatment of multilevel lumbar disc disease is not consensual and represents a major challenge for spine surgeons.&nbsp;The minimally invasive oblique lumbar interbody fusion (MI-OLIF) allows an anatomic dissection of the lateral abdominal wall until&nbsp;anterior column of lumbar spine. It is an anterior to Psoas approach that avoids lumbar plexus and muscle lesion which conduct to&nbsp;a well tolerated postoperative period, with less pain, early discharge, and fast return to active life.&nbsp;The authors present a patient with chronic low back pain and neurological claudication, secondary to degenerative lumbar disc&nbsp;disease (L2-L5) treated with L2-L5 MI-OLIF. With low surgical aggression, the coronal and sagittal imbalance were corrected and&nbsp;lumbar and foraminal stenosis were indirectly decompressed.&nbsp;The patient ambulated at first day postoperative and was discharge at day three. At six months postoperative, fusion was confirmed,&nbsp;and pain and functionality were significantly increased. No complications were reported.</p> ER -