Tannoury T Deformity

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Lateral Options for Deformities Management

• Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Boston University• Chief of Spine, Boston University• Founding President, Society for Progress & Innovations for the Near East• Interest:

• MIS, Deformity, Tumors• Designs: Viper, Lateral Cougar cage• Medical education exchange: national and international

• Enjoys Tennis, Ski, Travel, Social Networking• Contact: www.neareastspine.org

Tony Tannoury, MD

Lateral Options for

Deformity’s management

Tony Y Tannoury, MDAssistant professor,

Department of Orthopedics

Boston University

tannoury@bu.edu www.neareastspine.org

Which patient is most likely to have

chronic pain?

Adult Degenerative Deformity

Always involves the Lumbar spine

Painful

Patients:

Elderly

Co-morbidities

Fusion harder to achieve vs pediatric

Must have

Solid fusion

Good sagittal balance

Decompression

Fusion options

Posterior

anterior

Challenging questions regarding

MIS How to achieve sagittal

balance

How to achieve fusion

Decompression: direct vs

indirect

osteotomy

Interbody reconstruction

Posterior

interbody

laminectomyfacetectomy

Spinal reductionForaminal distraction

X

X

X

LET ME MAKE MY CASE

Why inter-body fusion?

Better Mechanics

Better Biology

Better physiology

May be The best option to Address the pain

generators

MECHANICS

Why Interbody

Biology: under

compression.

Better pysoelectric

charges

Better Physiology:

The only compartment in

the spine void of

functional muscles

Potentially Eliminates

Pain generators

Promising techniquesMIS Lateral/Anterolateral Techniques

Straight lateral surgery (XLIF, DLIF, Lat concord etc…)

Indicated for lateral pathology

Lateral decubitus position

Incision at lateral border

of erector spinae

Dilates through iliopsoas “Finger assisted”

Risks Lumbar plexus (in psoas)

Requires monitoring

WHY LATERAL!!

Viscera are out of the way

No need for vascular mobilization

Preserves the ALL:

Containment

Anterior tension band

Protects against over-distraction

Can be done with the posterior work simultaneously without repositioning

No iatrogenic stenosis

Less risk for retrograde ejaculation

No traumatic sympathectomy

Traditional Anterior Approach

Anatomy

Analysis of Vascular Anatomy

High Lateral

Configuration

Analysis of Vascular Anatomy

Very Low Medial

Configuration

Psoas gets wider in lower lumbar spine (males>females)

Lumbar plexus posterior 2/5 of psoas

Anatomy

LLIF

Anterior Posterior

Favorable Anatomy

Unfavorable Anatomy

Antero-lateral interbody fusion

L1-2, L2-3, L3-4, L4-5

Split fibers of oblique and

transversus muscles

Retract anterior 20%

psoas

be Very careful of the

misleading Quadratus

Lumborum muscle

approach

2 inch incision

Head ofpatient

abdomen

legs

External oblique fascia and muscle

split

Internal oblique and transversus

fascia split

discectomy

Cage and buttress screw

Skin closure

2 level A/P fusion

Concave vs convex side

Concave side

Concave approach:

54 yo, multiple spinal surgeries

severe pain

Before and after

Before and after

72 YO lady. Severe back and leg

pain. Failed conservative Rx.

MRI

conservative

Lost 90 pounds

8 ESIs

Yoga

Psychiatric eval.

Not better

BEFORE AND AFTER

BEFORE AND AFTER

58 y0 male. Still disease. Severe back

and hip/thigh pain

Sagittal balance

Axial cut at L3-4

Failed conservative Rx

CONSERVATIVE RX

PT

TIME

PAIN MEDS

OPTIONS:

Don nothing

Laminectomy

Laminectomy fusion

Approach:

Posterior

Anterior posterior

Fusion levels:

T11-L4

Before and after

Before and after

12 months postop

Both are happy:his pain is gone & I feel good/look tall

preop

Full Spine Films

Post op

55 yo, 325 lbs

MRI

Intraoperative pictures

Post op

Conclusion.

MIS is very promising:

Approach

Anterior vs posterior

Concave vs convex

Indirect decompression

More studies need to be done

Conclusion

Fusion surgery is quite Morbid.

MIS is very promising option and might be the

best option

We have to rethink anterior fusion

Go concave

Be careful,

bad stuff can happen through small

holes

IT WILL THROW YOU UP IN THE AIR