Minimally Invasive L5/S1 Far Lateral Decompression and Microdiskectomy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video

Ryan M Glynn^{1

2}, Vincent N Nguyen³, William M Mangham¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
² Department of Neurological Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester , New York , USA.

Ryan M Glynn et al. Oper Neurosurg. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 16.

doi: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001679. Online ahead of print.

Ryan M Glynn^{1

2}, Vincent N Nguyen³, William M Mangham¹

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
² Department of Neurological Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester , New York , USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Far lateral disk herniation; Minimally invasive spine surgery.

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