Robert G. Whitmore

Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion Is Associated with Lower Reoperation for Adjacent Segment Disease and Improved Patient-Reported Outcomes Compared with Open Surgery.

OBJECTIVE Adjacent segment disease (ASD) is characterized by symptomatic degenerative changes at the level above or below an index spinal fusion. As minimally invasive surgical (MIS) approaches might be less traumatic to adjacent facet joints, we hypothesized that MIS approaches would lower the rate of ASD. METHODS T...