• World Neurosurg · Oct 2020

    Morphological changes of intervertebral foramen after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF): a radiographic and clinical study.

    • Wubo Liu, Yiwei Zhao, Jun Jia, Xi Chen, Ruopeng Mai, Suomao Yuan, Yonghao Tian, and Xinyu Liu.
    • Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
    • World Neurosurg. 2020 Oct 1; 142: e151-e159.

    ObjectiveWe aimed to investigate the morphologic changes in the intervertebral foramen after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF), and analyze the necessity of routinely performing contralateral intervertebral foraminal decompression in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis cases with bilateral symptoms.Methods72 single-level degenerative lumbar spndylolisthesis patients with bilateral symptoms were included, all of whom underwent unilateral approach MIS-TLIF. Preoperative and postoperative foraminal height (FH), foraminal width (FW), disc height (DH), distance from existing nerve root to upper edge of lower pedicle (RTP), and contralateral side spinal canal area (CSCA) were measured at surgical and contralateral side. Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the visual analog scale, Oswestry Disability Index, and Japanese Orthopaedic Association score.ResultsThe preoperative values are comparable between operative and contralateral sides (P > .05). The postoperative values for FH on operative and contralateral sides were 16.23±2.48 mm and 16.10±2.42 mm, for FW were 11.36±2.58 mm and 11.31±2.71 mm, for IH were 8.18±1.58 mm and 8.42±1.54 mm, for RTP were 8.58±1.26 mm and 9.14±1.77 mm, and the CSCA of the spinal canal on the contralateral side were 211.59±48.12 mm², respectively. The difference between these was also not statistically significant (P > .05). The values increased significantly on the surgical and contralateral side (P < .05). The visual analog scale for low-back and leg pain, Japanese Orthopaedic Association, and Oswestry Disability Index improved significantly at 2-year follow-up.ConclusionsUnilateral MIS-TLIF can effectively improve contralateral FH, DH, FW, RTP, and CSCA. It is not necessary to routinely perform contralateral intervertebral foramen decompression in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis with bilateral symptoms when symptoms are mild on one side.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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