Elderly Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion May Have Similar Clinical Outcomes, Perioperative Complications, and Fusion Rates As Their Younger Counterparts.

CONCLUSIONS: When clinical and surgical heterogeneity were minimized, elderly patients undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion not only had comparable rates of perioperative complications but also experienced similar improvements in pain, function, and quality of life. A high rate of satisfaction was achieved.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II, prognostic study.
PMID: 32197034 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - March 21, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Goh GS, Tay YWA, Liow MHL, Gatot C, Ling ZM, Fong PL, Soh RCC, Guo CM, Yue WM, Tan SB, Chen JL Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research