Learning Curve of a Complex Surgical Technique: Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MIS TLIF)

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages E234-E240

  Lee, Kong Hwee ^a   Yeo, William ^a   Soeharno, Henry ^a   Yue, Wai Mun ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Minimally invasive; Spinal surgery; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LEG PAIN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; BACK; BACK PAIN; EDUCATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL DISEASES; SURGEON; SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPERATIVE TIME; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGEONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84918826169     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000089     Document Type: Article

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