Research Article

Enhanced Recovery after an Innovative Percutaneous Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Prospective Observational Study

Table 3

Characteristics of included studies.

First authorStudy no.YearStudy designNo. of patientsIntraoperative never monitoringAnesthesia methodIndicationFollow-up (months)

Osman12012RS60YesGeneral anesthesiaDDD (8.3%), LSS (81.7%), and SL (10%)12(6–25)
Jacquot22013RS57NoLocal anesthesiaDDD (100%)24
He32015RS42YesGeneral anesthesiaLSS (81.0%), DSL (14.3%), and LDH (4.8%)27.6 ± 3.8(24–36)
Morgenstern42015RS30YesGeneral or local anesthesiaDDD (30%), SL (40%), FA (20%), IAD (6.67%), and CD (3.33%)38 ± 17(11–67)
Wang52016RS10YesLocal anesthesiaDDD (100%) and SL (60%)12
Lee62017RS18NoLocal anesthesiaDDD (88.9%) and SL (11.1%)46(12–123)
Heo72017RS69NoGeneral or epidural anesthesiaSL (87.0%) and LSS (13%)13.5 ± 7.1
Zhang82017RS17NoGeneral anesthesiaLSS (100%)12
Myung92018RSNoneNoLocal anesthesiaNoneNone
Kim102018RS14NoGeneral anesthesiaLSS (57.1%) and SL (42.9%)2
Wu112018RS7YesGeneral anesthesiaSL (100%)35.1 ± 3.0(31.5–38.1)
Yang122019RS7YesEpidural or local or general anesthesiaLSS (100%)15 (12–21)
John132019RS100NoLocal anesthesiaDDD with SL (100%)36
Park142019RS71NoGeneral anesthesiaLSS (9.9%), SL (87.3), and HNP (2.8)12
Wu152020RS44NoLocal anesthesiaLDH (50%) and LSS (50%)13.2 ± 3.2
Wu162020RS91NoLocal anesthesiaLDH or LSS with SL (100%)20.0 ± 4.1
Jin172020RS39NoEpidural or local anesthesiaDLD (100%)23.6 ± 4.9 (17–28)
Morgenstern182020RS51NoEpidural or local or general anesthesiaDDD (84%) and SL (31%)27.9 ± 27
Harakuni192020RS12NoGeneral anesthesiaDDD (100%)6.2(2–10)
Zhang202020RS1YesGeneral anesthesiaLSS (100%)12

RS: retrospective case series; DDD: degenerative disc disease; DLD: degenerative lumbar disease; LSS: lumbar spinal stenosis; SL: spondylolisthesis; PO: previous operation; DSL: degenerative spondylolisthesis; FA: failed arthrodesis; IAD: instability after decompression; CD: chondroma.