Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a technical description and review of the literature

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1137-1146

  Vazan, Martin ^a,b   Gempt, Jens ^a   Meyer, Bernhard ^a   Buchmann, Niels ^a   Ryang, Yu Mi ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Spine surgery; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPEN SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85011661259     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-017-3078-3     Document Type: Article

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