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ArticleFrontiers in surgery2022

Comparison of oblique and transforaminal approaches to lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar degenerative disease: An updated meta-analysis.

Guang-Xun Lin, Wen-Bin Xu, Vit Kotheeranurak, Chien-Min Chen, Zhi-Hong Deng, Ming-Tao Zhu

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Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Comparison between large interbody cage versus two smaller interbody cages in unilateral biportal endoscopic transforaminal interbody fusion.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 · 2026
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  4. Safety and biological effectiveness of transforaminal (TLIF) and oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF): a retrospective cohort study including patients with significant comorbidity.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 · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Guang-Xun LinDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Wen-Bin XuDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Vit KotheeranurakDepartment of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chien-Min ChenDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Zhi-Hong DengDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Ming-Tao ZhuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University · CNChulalongkorn University · THFujian Medical University · CNNational Chin-Yi University of Technology · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) are widely used in the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases. A meta-analysis was performed to examine the clinical and radiological effects of these two techniques. Methods: A search of relevant literature from several databases was conducted until November 2021. Perioperative outcomes, clinical and radiological results, and complications were analyzed. Results: Fifteen qualified studies were included. OLIF showed a shorter operative time and length of hospital stay and less blood loss than TLIF. Early postoperative Visual Analogue Scale for back pain were significantly lower in OLIF than in TLIF ( Conclusion: The OLIF group showed an advantage in terms of operative time, hospitalization, intraoperative blood loss, early back pain relief, postoperative function recovery, disc and foraminal heights, early segmental lordosis, and fusion rate compared to TLIF. For both procedures, the incidence rates of overall and approach-related complications were comparable.

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lumbar degenerative diseasesmeta-analysisoblique lumbar interbody fusionOLIFTLIFtransforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

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