Lateral Inter-Body Fusion | Nerve Pain After XLIF Surgery

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Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion

• Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion commonly known
  as XLIF is a medical process which is
  traditionally performed along the side of a
  patients body in order to treat a specific
  disorder that has affected the spine.
• Lateral inter body Fusion process also helps
  reduce leg and back pain that other methods and
  therapies cannot treat.
• Comparing the traditional treatment procedure,
  XLIF is different the space alongside every
  spinal disc is accessed by the surgeon from the
  patients side, thus sparing major backbones and
  muscles, and ligaments.

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Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion

• Among several benefits of XLIF, a few of them
  are listed
• Lower blood loss Since the process is minimally
  invasive, it reduces blood loss and less tissue
  disruption.
• Reduction in the surgery time The procedure of
  XLIF can be concluded in very little time, thus
  decreasing the time of exposure of patients
  during the surgery in anesthesia.
• Quickly getting back to everyday life It is
  observed that patients are usually able to start
  walking on the day of surgery completion. Even
  though full recovery takes a few months, it is
  comparatively faster than other traditional
  processes.
• Less pain Since the patients intervertebral
  disc space from the side is accessed by the
  surgeon, XLIF does not affect sensitive
  backbones, muscles, and ligaments.

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Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion

• The surgeon does surgery on the areas close to
  nerves on the spinal column in Lateral Inter body
  Fusion. To prevent nerve damage, EMG or
  electromyography is done. This gives surgeons
  real-time information about their instruments
  position on the nerve.
• XLIF takes almost an hour to complete, and is
  performed once anesthesia is given to the
  patient. The steps of the surgery are as follows
• Once the concerned individual is put to sleep,
  they are effectively turned towards their side. A
  surgeon will use an X-ray to mark the skin just
  above the disc to locate the disk.
• A small cut will be made at the back. The surgeon
  places their finger through this incision to
  protect the peritoneum as the instruments make
  their way to the spine.

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Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion

• A second incision is also made to give the
  instrument a way to remove the herniated disc.
• Special instruments such as tubular dilators are
  inserted through the muscle. Here, X-rays and EMG
  guide the tool and help doctors keep the device
  away from the nerve.
• A tissue retractor is used once tubular dilators
  are placed to lock the surgical table and keep
  the small incision open.
• An implant is fixed and filled with a bone graft
  for fusion into the empty disc space.
• Now, the retractor is removed, and the incisions
  made are now stitched and closed.

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Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion

• Inter body Fusion Overview
• XLIF is less disruptive than traditional surgery
  because of this, most patients can walk after the
  completion of surgery on the same day.
• For more information on XLIF, you can visit the
  website of Dr. Jwalant S. Mehta.
• He is one of the finest spinal surgeons in UK
  who has helped solve multiple health related
  issues for thousands of people around the world.
• He is excellent at treating back pain in children
  and adolescents, therefore is widely considered
  as the best spinal deformity surgeon in UK.

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Contact us

• Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
• BMI The Priory Hospital
• Spire Parkway Hospital
• Bromsgrove Private Clinic
• Birmingham Childrens Hospital

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Contact and Connect

• Clinical secretary Samantha Leavy 44 785 021
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• Medico-legal secretary Jan Clarke 44 121
  4508928
• Spire Parkway Hospital 0121 704 5500
• BMI NEC (National Enquiry Centre) 0808 101 0337
• BMI Priory 0121 446 1638
• Email secretary_at_mehtaspine.co.uk
• The appointments are booked through the clinic