Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis: comparative effectiveness and cost-utility analysis.

Parker, Scott L   •   Mendenhall, Stephen K   •   Shau, David N   •   Zuckerman, Scott L   •   Godil, Saniya S   •   Cheng, Joseph S   •   McGirt, Matthew J

published in: World neurosurgery



endpoint

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operative time (undefined)
VAS (back) (undefined)
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basics

diagnosis:
spondylolisthesis

localization:
L3/L4
L4/L5
L5/S1

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

publication details

10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.041
pubmed
23321379
2014
clinical trial
no
prospective
1c