Clinical progress concerning contralateral radiculopathy after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
10.3760/cma.j.cn115530-20241111-00437
- VernacularTitle:经椎间孔腰椎椎间融合术后出现对侧肢体神经症状的研究进展
- Author:
Daming LIU
1
;
Yufei JI
;
Haiyang QIU
;
Xinyi HUANG
;
Yipeng YANG
;
Wei LEI
;
Yang ZHANG
Author Information
1. 空军军医大学基础医学院八年制学员大队，西安 710032
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Spinal fusion;
Postoperative complications;
Signs and symptoms;
Risk factors;
Prevention measures
- From:
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
2025;27(1):88-92
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Contralateral radiculopathy, a postoperative complication after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, refers to postoperative numbness, pain and other neurological symptoms of the lower limb on the side opposite to the symptomatic or the surgical decompression side. Its main causes include excessive restoration of lordosis, intervertebral space tilt caused by improper cage position, poor screw position, new protrusion of nucleus pulposus or bone graft, and hematoma. At present, attention to this complication is gradually increasing. This review summarizes its risk factors from the recent related reports of the condition and puts forward preventive measures in order to promote the preventive awareness of this complication.
