Lateral Surgical Approach to Lumbar Intervertebral Discs in an Ovine Model
Figure 5
(a) Intraoperative photograph demonstrating intervertebral space following total discectomy. Distraction pins have been inserted into adjacent vertebral bodies to facilitate discectomy procedure. (b) Insertion of a mesenchymal progenitor cell-seeded polycaprolactone biological disc into the intervertebral space via lateral approach.
