Clinical Study
Comparing Miniopen and Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion in Single-Level Lumbar Degeneration
Table 1
Demographic data of each surgical approach.
| ā | Traditional open TLIF | Miniopen TLIF | Minimally invasive TLIF |
| Number | 120 | 817 | 36 | Mean age | 57.2 | 56.4 | 53.5 | Estimated blood loss (mL) | 250 | 130 | 120 | Surgery time (min) | 92 | 108 | 138 | Timing of getting out of bed (day) | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
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