The Intertransverse Approach for far Lateral Lumbar Disk Herniation: Case Series of 60 Patients and Review of the Literature
Most patients had good-to-excellent improvement of preoperative symptoms. The paucity of revision procedures in this cohort suggests that the intertransverse approach is durable as it enables direct decompression of the nerve root without destabilizing the motion segment. Further studies are required to compare the efficacy of the intertransverse approach with other approaches.
Authors
- Gregory Glauser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1384-1429)
- Neil R. Malhotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0754-6423)
- Connor A. Wathen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8291-7741)
- Saurabh Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-9576)
- Joshua L. Golubovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7045-3393)
- Kerry A. Vaughan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5467-3097)
- Paul J. Marcotte
- Ryan Dimentberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5580-0468)
- Ashwin G. Ramayya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4444-0433)
- Svetlana Kvint (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1168-7082)
Institutions
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery Open
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000165
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00