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 TLIFMiniopen TLIFMinimally invasive TLIF

Number12081736
Mean age57.256.453.5
Estimated blood loss (mL)250130120
Surgery time (min)92108138
Timing of getting out of bed (day)3.82.21.5