J Neurosurg Spine Volume 23 • December 2015 739 CLINICAL ARTICLE J Neurosurg Spine 23:739–746, 2015 A DULT spinal deformity has become a major health issue, with the demographic shift involving an aging population. In people older than 50 years, the prevalence of scoliosis, defined as a spinal deformity with a Cobb angle greater than 10°, is about 6%. 1 It usu- ally ends in some form of uni- or multisegmental sagit- tal and/or frontal instability (spondylolisthesis, but also translational dislocations in the frontal plane or rotational dislocations). 1 Translatory shift, lateral and rotatory sub- luxation, lateral spondylolisthesis, lateral subluxation, lateral translation, lateral slip, lateral olisthy, and rota- tory olisthesis are synonymous terms, all referring to the same lesion 30 that we will call dislocation in this study. Some previous studies have focused on the correlation between lateral spondylolisthesis and curve progression and pain. 19,26,27,30 The treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis (ADS) re- mains a challenging problem. Surgical management may be indicated in case of failure of nonsurgical management. It includes, more often, a posterior fusion with pedicle ABBREVIATIONS ADS = adult degenerative scoliosis; ALD = adjacent-level degeneration; ALIF = anterior lumbar interbody fusion; AP = anteroposterior; EBL = estimated blood loss; LL = lumbar lordosis; ODI = Oswestry Disability Index; PI = pelvic incidence; SFD = sacrofemoral distance; SSA = spinosacral angle; SVA = sagittal vertical axis; VAS = visual analog scale. SUBMITTED August 11, 2014. ACCEPTED March 10, 2015. INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online August 28, 2015; DOI: 10.3171/2015.3.SPINE14772. Minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion for adult degenerative scoliosis with 1 or 2 dislocated levels Charles-Henri Flouzat-Lachaniette, MD, Louis Ratte, MD, Alexandre Poignard, MD, PhD, Jean-Charles Auregan, MD, Steffen Queinnec, MD, Philippe Hernigou, MD, and Jérôme Allain, MD Hôpital Henri Mondor (AP-HP-UPEC), Institut du Rachis, Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique, Créteil, France OBJECT Frequent complications of posterolateral instrumented fusion have been reported after treatment of degenera- tive scoliosis in elderly patients. Considering that in some cases, most of the symptomatology of adult degenerative sco- liosis (ADS) is a consequence of the segmental instability at the dislocated level, the use of minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) to manage symptoms can be advocated to reduce surgical morbidity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the midterm outcomes of 1- or 2-level minimally invasive ALIFs in ADS patients with 1- or 2-level dislocations. METHODS A total of 47 patients (average age 64 years; range 43–80 years) with 1- or 2-level ALIF performed for ADS (64 levels) in a single institution were included in the study. An independent spine surgeon retrospectively reviewed all the patients’ medical records and radiographs to assess operative data and surgery-related complications. Clinical out- come was reported using the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and the visual analog scale (VAS) for lumbar and leg pain. Intraoperative data and complications were collected. Fusion and risk for adjacent-level degeneration were assessed. RESULTS The mean follow-up duration was 3 years (range 1–10 years). ODI, and back and leg pain VAS scores were significantly improved at last follow-up. A majority of patients (74%) had a statistically significant improvement in their ODI score of more than 20 points at latest follow-up and 1 had a worsening of his disability. The mean operating time was 166 minutes (range 70–355 minutes). The mean estimated blood loss was 410 ml (range 50–1700 ml). Six (5 major and 1 minor) surgical complications (12.7% of patients) and 13 (2 major and 11 minor) medical complications (27.7% of patients) occurred without death or wound infection. Fusion was achieved in 46 of 47 patients. Surgery resulted in a slight but significant decrease of the Cobb angle, and improved the pelvic parameters and lumbar lordosis, but had no effect on the global sagittal balance. At latest follow-up, 9 patients (19.1%) developed adjacent-segment disease at a mean of 2 years’ delay from the index surgery; 4 were symptomatic but treated medically, and none required iterative surgery. CONCLUSIONS Single- or 2-level minimally invasive fusion through a minimally invasive anterior approach in some selected cases of ADS produced a good functional outcome with a high fusion rate. They were associated with a signifi- cantly lower rate of complications in this study than the historical control. http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/2015.3.SPINE14772 KEY WORDS degenerative scoliosis; dislocation; minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion; aging spine; surgery outcomes; morbidity ©AANS, 2015 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 05/21/20 01:57 AM UTC