Comparing minimally invasive and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of degenerative lumbar disease: A meta-analysis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3962-3971

  Sun, Zhi Jian ^a   Li, Wen Jing ^a   Zhao, Yu ^a   Qiu, Gui Xing ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Degenerative lumbar disease; Meta analysis; Mini open surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE GRAFT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR DISEASE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; LIQUEFACTION; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND INFECTION;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886889823     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20131539     Document Type: Article

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