Endoscopy for Lumbar Spine Disease

At L5-S1, the promontory is readily visualized and the posterior peritoneum overlying the disc space is longitudinally incised with endoshears. The anterior annulus is exposed by blunt dissection of the soft tissue underlying the posterior peritoneum. Fan retractors and the Kitner dissector are used (Fig. 17-3). ................
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