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Trial reportOrthopaedic surgery2021

Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in the Treatment of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.

Guan-Yu Cui, Xiao-Guang Han, Yi Wei, Ya-Jun Liu, Da He, Yu-Qing Sun, Bo Liu, Wei Tian

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Trial report in Orthopaedic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guan-Yu CuiDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6409-403X
Xiao-Guang HanDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yi WeiDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China.
Ya-Jun LiuDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China.
Da HeDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yu-Qing SunDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China.
Bo LiuDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China.
Wei TianDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China.
Peking University · CN

Funding

the Beijing Natural Science Foundation Z170001the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China 2015AA043201the National Key Development Program 2016YFC0105800the Youth Science Foundation of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81201433
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare the clinical efficacy between robot-assisted minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (robot-assisted MIS-TLIF) and traditional open TLIF surgery in the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis.

methodsAccording to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 48 cases with lumbar spondylolisthesis who received surgical treatment from June 2016 to December 2017 in the spinal surgery department of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital were analyzed in this study, including 23 patients who received robot-assisted MIS-TLIF and 25 patients who received traditional open TLIF surgery. The two groups were compared in terms of pedicle screw accuracy evaluated by Gertzbein-Robbins classification on postoperative computed tomography (CT), operation time, blood loss, postoperative drainage, hospitalization, time to independent ambulation, low back pain evaluated by visual analog scale (VAS), lumbar function evaluated by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), paraspinal muscles atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and complications.

resultsPostoperative CT showed that the rate of Grade A screws in the robot-assisted MIS-TLIF group was significantly more than that in the open surgery group (χ

conclusionIn the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis, robot-assisted MIS-TLIF may lead to more precise pedicle screw placement, less intraoperative blood loss, less postoperative drainage, less postoperative pain, quicker recovery, and less paraspinal muscle atrophy than traditional open surgery.

Indexed as

Minimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresAdultAgedDisability EvaluationFemaleHumansLumbar VertebraeMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementRobotic Surgical ProceduresSpinal FusionSpondylolisthesisTreatment OutcomeInvasive proceduresMinimally invasive surgeryRobot-assisted surgerySpinal fusionSpondylolisthesis

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