Psoas tendon impingement is not a frequently encountered condition, but impingement at the muscular level is not reported in the literature. The term refers to the mechanical impingement of the psoas muscle with secondary myositis. We report a case of psoas muscle impingement by a lumbar disc-osteophyte complex.
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Materials And Methods: We report indications, surgical technique, and the clinical outcomes and complication rate in our series to date. A retrospective review was performed at our level 1 major trauma centre.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects the thoracic spine leading to severe kyphosis. This results in severe functional impairment and sagittal plane imbalance. Surgery is commonly recommended; however, there are many challenges that a spine surgeon may encounter.
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