Patent ID: 7682394

Claim:
A method for repair of a spine from a posterior approach especially for locating an implant between a lower and upper human vertebra, comprising the steps of: a. making an incision in the skin lateral to the midline, b. making an incision through the Erector Spinae Aponeurosis (ESA) following an Extraforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ELIF) groove, wherein the ELIF groove appears as a valley in the ESA, c. separating the ESA from the Longissimus Thoracis Pars Lumborum (LTPL), d. atraumatic separating the Multifidus from the LTPL using the interfascial boundary between the Multifidus and the LTPL, and e. creating a surgical plane having an angle of 30°-60°.