• J Spinal Disord Tech · Jul 2015

    Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.

    • Junyoung Ahn, Ehsan Tabaraee, and Kern Singh.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
    • J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 Jul 1;28(6):222-5.

    AbstractMinimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF) is performed via tubular dilators thereby preserving the integrity of the paraspinal musculature. The decreased soft tissue disruption in the MIS technique has been associated with significantly decreased blood loss, shorter length of hospitalization, and an expedited return to work while maintaining comparable arthrodesis rates when compared with the open technique particularly in the setting of spondylolisthesis (isthmic and degenerative), recurrent symptomatic disk herniation, spinal stenosis, pseudoarthrosis, iatrogenic instability, and spinal trauma. The purpose of this article and the accompanying video wass to demonstrate the techniques for a primary, single-level MIS TLIF.

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