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A prospective, multi-institutional comparative effectiveness study of lumbar spine surgery in morbidly obese patients: does minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion result in superior outcomes?

Adogwa, Owoicho   •   Carr, Kevin   •   Thompson, Paul   •   Hoang, Kimberly   •   Darlington, Timothy   •   Perez, Edgar   •   Fatemi, Parastou   •   Gottfried, Oren   •   Cheng, Joseph   •   Isaacs, Robert E

published in: World neurosurgery



endpoint

complications (undefined)
ODI (undefined)
SF-36 PCS (undefined)
VAS (back) (undefined)
VAS (leg) (undefined)


basics

diagnosis:
spondylolisthesis
spondylolisthesis
degenerative disc disease
degenerative disc disease

localization:
L1/L2
L2/L3
L3/L4
L4/L5
L4/S1
L5/S1
L6/S1
several

method:
surgical therapy → TLIF open
surgical therapy → TLIF minimally invasive

publication details

10.1016/j.wneu.2014.12.034
pubmed
25535070
2015
clinical trial
yes
prospective
1c

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