OBJECT The objective of this study was to determine the clinical comparative effectiveness
and adverse event rates of posterior minimally invasive surgery (MIS) compared with open …

Spine surgery has evolved over centuries from first being practiced with Hippocratic boards
and ladders to now being able to treat spinal pathologies with minimal tissue invasion. With …

Study Design. A prospective randomized clinical trial. Objective. To compare the impact of
robotic guidance in a minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS) to a fluoroscopy-guided open …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-
TLIF) with microscopic tubular technique is an established surgical procedure with several …

Study design This study is a comparative, literature review. Objective The aim of this study is
to provide a comparative analysis of open vs. minimally invasive TLIF using a literature …

Abstract Background Context Minimally invasive surgical transforaminal lumbar interbody
fusion (MIS-TLIF) was developed in addition to open-TLIF to minimize iatrogenic soft-tissue …

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)—or MI-
TLIF—has been increasing in prevalence compared with open TLIF (O-TLIF) procedures …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. Objective. To compare
midterm clinical and radiological outcomes of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) versus open …

Objective We compared the biomechanical differences among posterolateral fusion (PLF)
and transforaminal, extreme, and oblique lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF, XLIF, and OLIF …

This study retrospectively compared clinical and radiological outcomes of unilateral biportal
endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (ULIF) to those of conventional posterior lumbar …