Devices, systems, and methods for performing spinal surgery

A method of performing spinal surgery, comprising the steps of:

• providing a manipulation device including a body portion and a plurality of articulatable legs extending from the body portion;
• engaging a surgical instrument to each of the articulatable legs;
• manipulating at least one of the surgical instruments independently of the other surgical instruments;
• locking the plurality of articulatable legs to fixedly retain each of the surgical instruments in position relative to one another and relative to the body portion;
• and
• manipulating the body portion to manipulate the surgical instruments in coordination with one another.

A surgical system, comprising:

• a manipulation device, including:
• a body portion;
• a plurality of articulatable legs extending from the body portion, each of the articulatable legs transitionable between an unlocked condition, wherein the articulatable leg is free to articulate, and a locked condition, wherein the articulatable leg is fixed in position;
• and
• at least one lock member operably disposed within the body portion and coupled to at least one of the articulatable legs, the lock member rotatable relative to the body portion between an unlocked position and a locked position for transitioning the at least one articulatable leg coupled thereto between the unlocked condition and the locked condition;
• and
• a surgical instrument engaged to each of the articulatable legs, wherein, in the unlocked condition, the surgical instruments are manipulatable independently of one another and wherein, in the locked condition, the surgical instruments are manipulatable in coordination with one another.