Open AccessDisc Space Preparation in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Comparison of Minimally Invasive and Open Approaches
Author(s) -
Jeffrey A. Rihn,
Sapan D. Gandhi,
Patrick Sheehan,
Alexander R. Vaccaro,
Alan S. Hilibrand,
Todd J. Albert,
David G. Anderson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-014-3479-z
Subject(s) - medicine , discectomy , cadaver , surgery , intervertebral disc , diskectomy , degenerative disc disease , spinal fusion , intervertebral disc displacement , lumbar , lumbar vertebrae
Minimally invasive surgical (MIS) approaches to transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) have been developed as an alternative to the open approach. However, concerns remain regarding the adequacy of disc space preparation that can be achieved through a minimally invasive approach to TLIF.