Fig. 4
A 52-year-old woman complained of low back pain for more than 10Â years, which was accompanied by right lower limb pain and numbness for 3Â months. Before operation, axial MRI (A) showed lumbar disc herniation with lumbar spinal stenosis (L4/5). She underwent M-TLIF operation in our institution. The X-ray of anterior (B) and lateral (C) showed that the height of intervertebral space and intervertebral foramen returned to normal, and the position of interbody fusion cage was satisfactory. Axial MRI (D) showed that the spinal canal was significantly improved and the nerve root was decompressed completely. At the time of last follow-up, X-ray (E, F) shows that there is a clear and articular process fusion intervertebral fusion