Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Minimal Access Spinal Surgery Compared in Anterior Thoracic or Thoracolumbar Junctional Spinal Reconstruction: A Case-Control Study and Review of the Literature

Table 2

A literature review of MIS for anterior T and TLJ spinal reconstruction.

Authors	Years	PT no.	Study design	AOT (min)	ABL (ml)	CR (%)	TCR (%)
Dickman et al.	1996	17	VATS for reconstruction in T spine	347	1117	29.4	0
Khoo et al.	2002	371	VATS in treating T or TL spinal fractures	240	650	9.7	1.1
Kapoor et al.	2005	16	VATS in treating TB spondylitis	223	497	31.2	6.2
Le Huec et al.	2010	50	VATS for treating TLJ fractures	155	620	20.0	0
Lü et al.	2012	50	VATS in treating thoracic TB spondylitis	210	550	34.0	0
Wait et al.	2012	121	VATS for discectomy and fusion in T spine	NA	310	22.3	1.7
Kossmann et al.	2001	58	MASS for reconstruction in T/TLJ(58) + L(7)	170	912	7.7%	0
El Saghir	2002	21	MASS for reconstruction in TL spine	101	724	33%	0
Scheufler	2007	38	MASS for reconstruction in T/TLJ spine	167	652	18%	0
Payer and Sottas	2008	37	MASS for reconstruction in TL spine	181	632	16.2%	0
Smith et al.	2010	52	MASS in treating TLJ fractures	128	300	13.5%	0
Uribe et al.	2010	21	MASS in treating T spinal tumor	117	291	4.8%	0
Khan et al.	2012	20	MASS for reconstruction in T/TLJ(20) + L(4)	188	423	0	0
Deviren et al.	2011	12	MASS for reconstruction in T spine	210	400	16.7%	0
Baaj et al.	2012	80	MASS for reconstruction in TL spine	NA	NA	12.5%	0
Uribe et al.	2012	60	MASS for discectomy and fusion in T spine	182	290	25%	0

MIS: minimally invasive surgery; T: thoracic; TLJ: thoracolumbar junction; PT no.: patient number; AOT: average operating time; ABL: average estimated blood loss; CR: complication rate; TCR: thoracotomy conversion rate; VATS: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; MASS: minimal access spinal surgery.