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The object of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of intraoperative ultrasound in improving the safety of lateral lumbar spine surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title><jats:p>A transvaginal ultrasound probe was inserted into the operative field, and the intestinal tract, kidney, psoas muscle, and vertebral body were identified using B-mode ultrasound. The aorta, vena cava, common iliac vessels, and lumbar arteries and their associated branches were identified using the color Doppler mode.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study cohort comprised 100 patients who underwent lateral lumbar spine surgery, 92 via a left-sided approach. The intestinal tract and kidney lateral to the psoas muscle on the anatomical approach pathway were visualized in 36 and 26 patients, respectively. A detachment maneuver displaced the intestinal tract and kidneys in an anteroinferior direction, enabling confirmation of the absence of organ tissues above the psoas. In all patients, the major vessels anterior to the vertebral bodies and the lumbar arteries and associated branches in the psoas on the approach path were clearly visualized in the Doppler mode, and their orientation, location, and positional relationship with regard to the vertebral bodies, intervertebral discs, and psoas were determined.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title><jats:p>When approaching the lateral side of the lumbar spine in the retroperitoneal space, intraoperative ultrasound allows real-time identification of the blood vessels surrounding the lumbar spine, intestinal tract, and kidney in the approach path and improves the safety of surgery without increasing invasiveness.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2019.3.spine181210","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,17]],"date-time":"2019-05-17T22:29:09Z","timestamp":1558132149000},"page":"334-337","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Intraoperative ultrasound visualization of paravertebral anatomy in the retroperitoneal space during lateral lumbar spine surgery"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Hidetoshi","family":"Nojiri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo University; and"},{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kei","family":"Miyagawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hiroto","family":"Yamaguchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masato","family":"Koike","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yoshiyuki","family":"Iwase","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takatoshi","family":"Okuda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo University; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kazuo","family":"Kaneko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo University; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.3171\/2012.9.SPINE12659","article-title":"Urological injury as a complication of the transpsoas approach for discectomy and interbody fusion","volume":"18","author":"Anand N","year":"2013","unstructured":"Anand N, Baron EM: Urological injury as a complication of the transpsoas approach for discectomy and interbody fusion. 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