Standard versus Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Prospective Randomized Study

Table 1

Patient demographics [S TLIF = standard transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; MI TLIF = minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; SD = standard deviation; BMI = body mass index; F = female; M = male].

	S TLIF (SD; range)	MI TLIF (SD; range)
Age	50.12 (11.09; 17–67)	51.3 (9.36; 34–69)
Sex	23 F/17 M	24 F/16 M
BMI	29.92 (5.7; 19–44)	28.97 (5.18; 21–40)