Planned two-stage surgery using lateral lumbar interbody fusion and posterior corrective fusion: a retrospective study of perioperative complications

To determine the effect of planned two-stage surgery using lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) on the perioperative complication rate following corrective fusion surgery in patients with kyphoscoliosis. Consecutive patients with degenerative scoliosis who underwent corrective fusion were divided into a control group that underwent single-stage posterior-only surgery and a group that underwent planned two-staged surgery with LLIF and posterior...