[15–17] In 1982, Harms and Rolinger first described the TLIF technique for creating ... Many studies have compared methods for lumbar interbody fusion with regard to clinical results and fusion ...

Several studies have investigated the predictors of cage subsidence following different types of lumbar interbody fusion techniques, including transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF ...

For instance, one study found that the incidence of symptomatic ASD after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) was approximately 4.7%, with significant risk factors ...

The following is a summary of “MRI-based vertebral bone quality score is a predictor of pedicle screw loosening following instrumented posterior lumbar fusion,” published in the January 2025 issue of ...

transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), a surgical technique for fusing the lumbar spine bones; prone transpsoas (PTP) and lateral transpsoas (LTP), minimally invasive spinal fusion surgeries.

The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression and sagittal ...

In addition, low-quality evidence showed that the PLIF required longer operative time than the TLIF. Regarding blood loss and fusion rates, there was no significant difference between the two ...