Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Modified Mini-Open and Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Comparative Study.

CONCLUSIONS: modMOTLIF was associated with reduced blood loss and shorter hospital stay compared with OTLIF. No significant differences were observed in the clinical and radiological outcomes between the groups after 2 years despite reduced back pain in the immediate postoperative period in patients who underwent modMOTLIF. PMID: 29879783 [PubMed]
Source: Asian Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research