Trial reportSpine2014
Quality-of-life outcomes with minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion based on long-term analysis of 304 consecutive patients.
Trial report in Spine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical outcomes after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and lateral lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of degenerative lumbar disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2018Pooled it
- Experiences with PMMA cement as a stand-alone intervertebral spacer: Percutaneous cement discoplasty in the case of vacuum phenomenon within lumbar intervertebral discs.Der Orthopade · 2015Trial
- [Experiences with PMMA cement as a stand-alone intervertebral spacer. Percutaneous cement discoplasty in the case of vacuum phenomenon within lumbar intervertebral discs].Der Orthopade · 2015Trial
- An innovative minimally invasive technique for lumbar adjacent segment disease: a retrospective comparative analysis between extreme-oblique lumbar interbody fusion combined with percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy(XOLIF-PELD) and posterior lumbar interbody fusion(PLIF) revision.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for scoliosis: surgical technique for focal treatment of the lumbosacral fractional curve.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2025Article
- Robotic-assisted minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: A meta-analysis of perioperative and postoperative outcomes.Qatar medical journal · 2025Review
- Worse Preoperative Disability is Predictive of Improvement in Disability After Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.Global spine journal · 2024Article
- Step-by-step guide to robotic-guided minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF).Annals of translational medicine · 2023Article
- Iatrogenic muscle damage in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and adjacent segment degeneration: a comparative finite element analysis of open and minimally invasive surgeries.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2021Article
- Understanding the Future Prospects of Synergizing Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery with Ceramics and Regenerative Cellular Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Preoperative Mental Health May Not Be Predictive of Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcomes Following a Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.International journal of spine surgery · 2020Article
- A Systematic Review of Complications Following Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Including Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2019Review
- [Comparative study of microendoscope-assisted and conventional minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative lumbar diseases].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2019Article
- Prospective Study of Long-term Effect between Multifidus Muscle Bundle and Conventional Open Approach in One-level Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Orthopaedic surgery · 2018Article
- Risk Factors for Pseudarthrosis in Minimally-Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Asian spine journal · 2018Article
- Minimally invasive spine surgery for degenerative spine disease and deformity correction: a literature review.Annals of translational medicine · 2018Review
- Minimally invasive techniques for lumbar decompressions and fusions.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2017Review
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- True anteroposterior view pedicle screw insertion technique.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2016Article
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Abstract
STUDY
designThis was a prospective clinical study that took place in an outpatient spine clinic.
objectiveTo demonstrate the short-/long-term outcomes from a large cohort of patients undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MITLIF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Long-term prospective outcomes in patients undergoing minimally invasive spinal fusion for debilitating back pain has not been well studied.
methodsPresenting diagnosis was determined from clinical findings and radiographical (radiograph, magnetic resonance image, computed tomographic scan) evaluations preoperatively. Patients were assessed with outcome measures preoperatively, and postoperatively at 2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, and annually 2 to 7 years (mean follow-up: 47 mo) final follow-up. The rate of postoperative complications and reoperations at the initial level of MITLIF and adjacent level(s) were followed. Fusion rates were assessed blinded and independently by radiograph.
resultsVisual analogue scale scores decreased significantly from 7.0 preoperatively to 3.5 at mean 47-month follow-up. Oswestry Disability Index scores declined from 43.1 preoperatively to 28.2 at mean 47-month follow-up. Short-Form 36 mental component scores increased from 43.8 preoperatively to 49.7 at 47-month follow-up. Short-Form 36 physical component scores increased from 30.6 preoperatively to 39.6 at 47-month follow-up (P < 0.05).
conclusionThis prospectively collected outcomes study shows long-term statistically significant clinical outcomes improvement after MITLIF in patients with clinically symptomatic spondylolisthesis and degenerative disc disease with or without stenosis. MITLIF resulted in a high rate of spinal fusion and very low rate of interbody fusion failure and/or adjacent segment disease requiring reoperation while reducing postoperative complications. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3.
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