… surgery, clinical outcomes and effectiveness of mini–open transforaminal lumbar interbody
fusion (TLIF) compared with traditional open TLIF have yet to be established. The authors …

… Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) has become an accepted and popular …
minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion would yield equivalent fusion rates and …

… with traditional open techniques. Comparisons between short-term outcomes of minimally
invasive transforaminal interbody fusion and open transforaminal interbody fusion in terms of …

… lumbar degenerative disease.[4,5,6,7] TLIF results in higher rates of fusion compared with
other interbody fusion … muscle and tissue lesions compared with traditional open-TLIF; thus, …

… invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) has … a traditional approach, it is still not
the current gold standard. In order to demonstrate the efficacy of the minimally invasive lumbar …

… -level minimally invasive or open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) … transforaminal
lumbar interbody fusion (MITLIF) (group A) and 38 patients underwent the traditional open …

… preserves the structural integrity of spinal posterior column.5, 6 … this traditional open
transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (… minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion …

… TLIF were designed with the aim of reducing iatrogenic soft tissue injury while gaining
comparable or better clinical outcomes compared with the traditional open approaches. This is …

… of one-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in low-… blade retractor system or a
traditional open approach. A prospective … transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MiTLIF) or open …

… Overall, results from the present meta-analysis suggest that MI-TLIF can be performed safely
with reduced intraoperative blood loss and infection rates compared to conventional open …